diff --git a/src/object.c b/src/object.c
index 853e36e5f41..1addb6364bd 100644
--- a/src/object.c
+++ b/src/object.c
@@ -286,6 +286,11 @@ void freeStringObject(robj *o) {
         sdsfree(o->ptr);
     }
 }
+void freeStringObjectDram(robj *o) {
+    if (o->encoding == OBJ_ENCODING_RAW) {
+        sdsfreeDram(o->ptr);
+    }
+}
 
 void freeListObject(robj *o) {
     if (o->encoding == OBJ_ENCODING_QUICKLIST) {
@@ -356,7 +361,15 @@ void incrRefCount(robj *o) {
 static void _decrRefCount(robj *o, int on_dram) {
     if (o->refcount == 1) {
         switch(o->type) {
-        case OBJ_STRING: freeStringObject(o); break;
+        case OBJ_STRING: 
+		if (on_dram == OBJ_MEMORY_GENERAL) {
+			freeStringObject(o);
+		}
+		else {
+			freeStringObjectDram(o);
+		}
+		break;
+
         case OBJ_LIST: freeListObject(o); break;
         case OBJ_SET: freeSetObject(o); break;
         case OBJ_ZSET: freeZsetObject(o); break;
diff --git a/src/sds.c b/src/sds.c
index d7c657268f1..d0ddfe0c812 100644
--- a/src/sds.c
+++ b/src/sds.c
@@ -185,6 +185,12 @@ void sdsfree(sds s) {
     s_free((char*)s-sdsHdrSize(s[-1]));
 }
 
+/* Free an sds string. No operation is performed if 's' is NULL. */
+void sdsfreeDram(sds s) {
+    if (s == NULL) return;
+    s_freeDram((char*)s-sdsHdrSize(s[-1]));
+}
+
 /* Set the sds string length to the length as obtained with strlen(), so
  * considering as content only up to the first null term character.
  *
diff --git a/src/sds.h b/src/sds.h
index 5bdeedad78c..f667a2b8ee1 100644
--- a/src/sds.h
+++ b/src/sds.h
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ sds sdsempty(void);
 sds sdsdramempty(void);
 sds sdsdup(const sds s);
 void sdsfree(sds s);
+void sdsfreeDram(sds s);
 sds sdsgrowzero(sds s, size_t len);
 sds sdscatlen(sds s, const void *t, size_t len);
 sds sdscat(sds s, const char *t);
diff --git a/src/sdsalloc.h b/src/sdsalloc.h
index 7c7a6a80f09..2a11563669a 100644
--- a/src/sdsalloc.h
+++ b/src/sdsalloc.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #define s_malloc zmalloc
 #define s_realloc zrealloc
 #define s_free zfree
+#define s_freeDram zfree_dram
 #define s_dram_malloc zmalloc_dram
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/server.h b/src/server.h
index f54cdc630a0..063b0d817aa 100644
--- a/src/server.h
+++ b/src/server.h
@@ -1724,6 +1724,7 @@ void incrRefCount(robj *o);
 robj *makeObjectShared(robj *o);
 robj *resetRefCount(robj *obj);
 void freeStringObject(robj *o);
+void freeStringObjectDram(robj *o);
 void freeListObject(robj *o);
 void freeSetObject(robj *o);
 void freeZsetObject(robj *o);