diff --git a/src/debug.c b/src/debug.c
index a2d37337d..fecee25e1 100644
--- a/src/debug.c
+++ b/src/debug.c
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ NULL
             "encoding:%s serializedlength:%zu "
             "lru:%d lru_seconds_idle:%llu%s",
             (void*)val, val->refcount,
-            strenc, rdbSavedObjectLen(val),
+            strenc, rdbSavedObjectLen(val, c->argv[2]),
             val->lru, estimateObjectIdleTime(val)/1000, extra);
     } else if (!strcasecmp(c->argv[1]->ptr,"sdslen") && c->argc == 3) {
         dictEntry *de;
diff --git a/src/rdb.c b/src/rdb.c
index 27e1b3135..de3cdb459 100644
--- a/src/rdb.c
+++ b/src/rdb.c
@@ -1002,8 +1002,8 @@ ssize_t rdbSaveObject(rio *rdb, robj *o, robj *key) {
  * the rdbSaveObject() function. Currently we use a trick to get
  * this length with very little changes to the code. In the future
  * we could switch to a faster solution. */
-size_t rdbSavedObjectLen(robj *o) {
-    ssize_t len = rdbSaveObject(NULL,o,NULL);
+size_t rdbSavedObjectLen(robj *o, robj *key) {
+    ssize_t len = rdbSaveObject(NULL,o,key);
     serverAssertWithInfo(NULL,o,len != -1);
     return len;
 }
diff --git a/src/rdb.h b/src/rdb.h
index 4229beea8..b276a978b 100644
--- a/src/rdb.h
+++ b/src/rdb.h
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ int rdbSaveToSlavesSockets(rdbSaveInfo *rsi);
 void rdbRemoveTempFile(pid_t childpid);
 int rdbSave(char *filename, rdbSaveInfo *rsi);
 ssize_t rdbSaveObject(rio *rdb, robj *o, robj *key);
-size_t rdbSavedObjectLen(robj *o);
+size_t rdbSavedObjectLen(robj *o, robj *key);
 robj *rdbLoadObject(int type, rio *rdb, robj *key);
 void backgroundSaveDoneHandler(int exitcode, int bysignal);
 int rdbSaveKeyValuePair(rio *rdb, robj *key, robj *val, long long expiretime);