diff --git a/src/redis.c b/src/redis.c
index fd53e248e..d4d91f176 100644
--- a/src/redis.c
+++ b/src/redis.c
@@ -986,6 +986,8 @@ void createSharedObjects(void) {
         "-LOADING Redis is loading the dataset in memory\r\n"));
     shared.slowscripterr = createObject(REDIS_STRING,sdsnew(
         "-BUSY Redis is busy running a script. You can only call SCRIPT KILL or SHUTDOWN NOSAVE.\r\n"));
+    shared.masterdownerr = createObject(REDIS_STRING,sdsnew(
+        "-MASTERDOWN Link with MASTER is down and slave-serve-stale-data is set to 'no'.\r\n"));
     shared.bgsaveerr = createObject(REDIS_STRING,sdsnew(
         "-MISCONF Redis is configured to save RDB snapshots, but is currently not able to persist on disk. Commands that may modify the data set are disabled. Please check Redis logs for details about the error.\r\n"));
     shared.roslaveerr = createObject(REDIS_STRING,sdsnew(
@@ -1583,8 +1585,7 @@ int processCommand(redisClient *c) {
         server.repl_serve_stale_data == 0 &&
         c->cmd->proc != infoCommand && c->cmd->proc != slaveofCommand)
     {
-        addReplyError(c,
-            "link with MASTER is down and slave-serve-stale-data is set to no");
+        addReply(c, shared.masterdownerr);
         return REDIS_OK;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/redis.h b/src/redis.h
index 3b9d4e78f..2b54c709d 100644
--- a/src/redis.h
+++ b/src/redis.h
@@ -366,7 +366,8 @@ struct sharedObjectsStruct {
     *colon, *nullbulk, *nullmultibulk, *queued,
     *emptymultibulk, *wrongtypeerr, *nokeyerr, *syntaxerr, *sameobjecterr,
     *outofrangeerr, *noscripterr, *loadingerr, *slowscripterr, *bgsaveerr,
-    *roslaveerr, *oomerr, *plus, *messagebulk, *pmessagebulk, *subscribebulk,
+    *masterdownerr, *roslaveerr,
+    *oomerr, *plus, *messagebulk, *pmessagebulk, *subscribebulk,
     *unsubscribebulk, *psubscribebulk, *punsubscribebulk, *del, *rpop, *lpop,
     *select[REDIS_SHARED_SELECT_CMDS],
     *integers[REDIS_SHARED_INTEGERS],