diff --git a/src/replication.c b/src/replication.c
index f474d98253721008983b21dcd97453d08c5d7dd0..a6356a07f75cf18557fb1fd49c92eae606844e27 100644
--- a/src/replication.c
+++ b/src/replication.c
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ void replicationFeedSlaves(list *slaves, int dictid, robj **argv, int argc) {
             robj *selectcmd;
 
             if (dictid >= 0 && dictid < REDIS_SHARED_SELECT_CMDS) {
-                incrRefCount(shared.select[dictid]);
                 selectcmd = shared.select[dictid];
+                incrRefCount(selectcmd);
             } else {
                 selectcmd = createObject(REDIS_STRING,
                     sdscatprintf(sdsempty(),"select %d\r\n",dictid));