diff --git a/src/config.cpp b/src/config.cpp
index 5d1827c5c..ad8425051 100644
--- a/src/config.cpp
+++ b/src/config.cpp
@@ -2933,7 +2933,7 @@ standardConfig configs[] = {
     createLongLongConfig("latency-monitor-threshold", NULL, MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, 0, LLONG_MAX, g_pserver->latency_monitor_threshold, 0, INTEGER_CONFIG, NULL, NULL),
     createLongLongConfig("proto-max-bulk-len", NULL, MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, 1024*1024, LLONG_MAX, g_pserver->proto_max_bulk_len, 512ll*1024*1024, MEMORY_CONFIG, NULL, NULL), /* Bulk request max size */
     createLongLongConfig("stream-node-max-entries", NULL, MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, 0, LLONG_MAX, g_pserver->stream_node_max_entries, 100, INTEGER_CONFIG, NULL, NULL),
-    createLongLongConfig("repl-backlog-size", NULL, MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, 1, LLONG_MAX, g_pserver->repl_backlog_size, 1024*1024, MEMORY_CONFIG, NULL, updateReplBacklogSize), /* Default: 1mb */
+    createLongLongConfig("repl-backlog-size", NULL, MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, 1, LLONG_MAX, g_pserver->repl_backlog_config_size, 1024*1024, MEMORY_CONFIG, NULL, updateReplBacklogSize), /* Default: 1mb */
     createLongLongConfig("repl-backlog-disk-reserve", NULL, IMMUTABLE_CONFIG, 0, LLONG_MAX, cserver.repl_backlog_disk_size, 0, MEMORY_CONFIG, NULL, NULL),
     createLongLongConfig("max-snapshot-slip", NULL, MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, 0, 5000, g_pserver->snapshot_slip, 400, 0, NULL, NULL),
     createLongLongConfig("max-rand-count", NULL, MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, 0, LONG_MAX/2, g_pserver->rand_total_threshold, LONG_MAX/2, 0, NULL, NULL),
diff --git a/src/server.cpp b/src/server.cpp
index c2a988ae4..663e4e8fc 100644
--- a/src/server.cpp
+++ b/src/server.cpp
@@ -7394,7 +7394,7 @@ static void validateConfiguration()
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 
-    g_pserver->repl_backlog_config_size = g_pserver->repl_backlog_size; // this is normally set in the update logic, but not on initial config
+    g_pserver->repl_backlog_size = g_pserver->repl_backlog_config_size; // this is normally set in the update logic, but not on initial config
 }
 
 int iAmMaster(void) {