diff --git a/src/blocked.c b/src/blocked.c
index f438c3353..d560a8f38 100644
--- a/src/blocked.c
+++ b/src/blocked.c
@@ -442,7 +442,9 @@ void unblockClientWaitingData(client *c) {
     }
     if (c->bpop.xread_group) {
         decrRefCount(c->bpop.xread_group);
+        decrRefCount(c->bpop.xread_consumer);
         c->bpop.xread_group = NULL;
+        c->bpop.xread_consumer = NULL;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/networking.c b/src/networking.c
index 51c239fc8..c29adc1e0 100644
--- a/src/networking.c
+++ b/src/networking.c
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ client *createClient(int fd) {
     c->bpop.keys = dictCreate(&objectKeyHeapPointerValueDictType,NULL);
     c->bpop.target = NULL;
     c->bpop.xread_group = NULL;
+    c->bpop.xread_consumer = NULL;
     c->bpop.numreplicas = 0;
     c->bpop.reploffset = 0;
     c->woff = 0;
diff --git a/src/server.h b/src/server.h
index 72a6563a3..d4f989264 100644
--- a/src/server.h
+++ b/src/server.h
@@ -653,7 +653,8 @@ typedef struct blockingState {
 
     /* BLOCK_STREAM */
     size_t xread_count;     /* XREAD COUNT option. */
-    robj *xread_group;      /* XREAD group name. */
+    robj *xread_group;      /* XREADGROUP group name. */
+    robj *xread_consumer;   /* XREADGROUP consumer name. */
     mstime_t xread_retry_time, xread_retry_ttl;
 
     /* BLOCKED_WAIT */
diff --git a/src/t_stream.c b/src/t_stream.c
index 82c926b39..65a926ae1 100644
--- a/src/t_stream.c
+++ b/src/t_stream.c
@@ -943,8 +943,8 @@ void xreadCommand(client *c) {
     streamID *ids = static_ids;
     streamCG **groups = NULL;
     int xreadgroup = sdslen(c->argv[0]->ptr) == 10; /* XREAD or XREADGROUP? */
-    sds groupname = NULL;
-    sds consumername = NULL;
+    robj *groupname = NULL;
+    robj *consumername = NULL;
 
     /* Parse arguments. */
     for (int i = 1; i < c->argc; i++) {
@@ -976,8 +976,8 @@ void xreadCommand(client *c) {
                                 "XREADGROUP. You called XREAD instead.");
                 return;
             }
-            groupname = c->argv[i+1]->ptr;
-            consumername = c->argv[i+2]->ptr;
+            groupname = c->argv[i+1];
+            consumername = c->argv[i+2];
             i += 2;
         } else {
             addReply(c,shared.syntaxerr);
@@ -1011,12 +1011,12 @@ void xreadCommand(client *c) {
             o = lookupKeyRead(c->db,key);
             if (o && checkType(c,o,OBJ_STREAM)) goto cleanup;
             if (o == NULL ||
-                (group = streamLookupCG(o->ptr,groupname)) == NULL)
+                (group = streamLookupCG(o->ptr,groupname->ptr)) == NULL)
             {
                 addReplyErrorFormat(c, "No such key '%s' or consumer "
                                        "group '%s' in XREADGROUP with GROUP "
                                        "option",
-                                    key->ptr,groupname);
+                                    key->ptr,groupname->ptr);
                 goto cleanup;
             }
             groups[id_idx] = group;
@@ -1093,7 +1093,8 @@ void xreadCommand(client *c) {
          * in case the ID provided is too low, we do not want the server to
          * block just to serve this client a huge stream of messages. */
         c->bpop.xread_count = count ? count : XREAD_BLOCKED_DEFAULT_COUNT;
-        c->bpop.xread_group = NULL; /* Not used for now. */
+        c->bpop.xread_group = groupname;
+        c->bpop.xread_consumer = consumername;
         goto cleanup;
     }