diff --git a/src/rdb.c b/src/rdb.c
index 8ffd2c28f9d331f864d6aeb3be18ff50bc0b8fe3..e0491a724992b7299620ddfda426c796824f6fa2 100644
--- a/src/rdb.c
+++ b/src/rdb.c
@@ -1039,7 +1039,7 @@ int rdbLoad(char *filename) {
         return REDIS_ERR;
     }
     rdbver = atoi(buf+5);
-    if (rdbver < 1 || rdbver > 5) {
+    if (rdbver < 1 || rdbver > REDIS_RDB_VERSION) {
         fclose(fp);
         redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"Can't handle RDB format version %d",rdbver);
         errno = EINVAL;