diff --git a/src/redis.c b/src/redis.c
index 2558f66ae9a85340681e4e178910f3bfc4edf604..bae852b8fc43f909b6845bd40a87076f6a9359b8 100644
--- a/src/redis.c
+++ b/src/redis.c
@@ -942,8 +942,8 @@ void createSharedObjects(void) {
         "-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(
         "-READONLY You can't write against a read only slave.\r\n"));
-    shared.oomerr = createObject(REDIS_STRING,
-        "-OOM command not allowed when used memory > 'maxmemory'.\r\n");
+    shared.oomerr = createObject(REDIS_STRING,sdsnew(
+        "-OOM command not allowed when used memory > 'maxmemory'.\r\n"));
     shared.space = createObject(REDIS_STRING,sdsnew(" "));
     shared.colon = createObject(REDIS_STRING,sdsnew(":"));
     shared.plus = createObject(REDIS_STRING,sdsnew("+"));