diff --git a/src/config.cpp b/src/config.cpp
index f7609feb7..fea7b3076 100644
--- a/src/config.cpp
+++ b/src/config.cpp
@@ -2537,6 +2537,7 @@ standardConfig configs[] = {
     createBoolConfig("io-threads-do-reads", NULL, IMMUTABLE_CONFIG, fDummy, 0, NULL, NULL),
     createBoolConfig("time-thread-priority", NULL, IMMUTABLE_CONFIG, cserver.time_thread_priority, 0, NULL, NULL),
     createBoolConfig("prefetch-enabled", NULL, MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, g_pserver->prefetch_enabled, 1, NULL, NULL),
+    createBoolConfig("allow-rdb-resize-op", NULL, MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, g_pserver->allowRdbResizeOp, 1, NULL, NULL),
 
     /* String Configs */
     createStringConfig("aclfile", NULL, IMMUTABLE_CONFIG, ALLOW_EMPTY_STRING, g_pserver->acl_filename, "", NULL, NULL),
diff --git a/src/rdb.cpp b/src/rdb.cpp
index ac35c219c..8c03fa60b 100644
--- a/src/rdb.cpp
+++ b/src/rdb.cpp
@@ -2699,9 +2699,11 @@ int rdbLoadRio(rio *rdb, int rdbflags, rdbSaveInfo *rsi) {
                 goto eoferr;
             if ((expires_size = rdbLoadLen(rdb,NULL)) == RDB_LENERR)
                 goto eoferr;
-            wqueue.enqueue([dbCur, db_size]{
-                dbCur->expand(db_size);
-            });
+            if (g_pserver->allowRdbResizeOp) {
+                wqueue.enqueue([dbCur, db_size]{
+                    dbCur->expand(db_size);
+                });
+            }
             continue; /* Read next opcode. */
         } else if (type == RDB_OPCODE_AUX) {
             /* AUX: generic string-string fields. Use to add state to RDB
diff --git a/src/server.h b/src/server.h
index 9d3e70197..65b1a4a5b 100644
--- a/src/server.h
+++ b/src/server.h
@@ -2161,6 +2161,7 @@ struct redisServer {
     sds aof_child_diff;             /* AOF diff accumulator child side. */
     int aof_rewrite_pending = 0;    /* is a call to aofChildWriteDiffData already queued? */
     /* RDB persistence */
+    int allowRdbResizeOp;           /* Debug situations we may want rehash to be ocurring, so ignore resize */
     long long dirty;                /* Changes to DB from the last save */
     long long dirty_before_bgsave;  /* Used to restore dirty on failed BGSAVE */
     struct _rdbThreadVars
diff --git a/tests/integration/rdb.tcl b/tests/integration/rdb.tcl
index 58dc6c968..29af7af42 100644
--- a/tests/integration/rdb.tcl
+++ b/tests/integration/rdb.tcl
@@ -189,3 +189,15 @@ test {client freed during loading} {
         exec kill [srv 0 pid]
     }
 }
+
+test {repeated load} {
+    start_server [list overrides [list server-threads 3 allow-rdb-resize-op no]] {
+        r debug populate 500000 key 1000
+
+        set digest [r debug digest]
+        for {set j 0} {$j < 10} {incr j} {
+            r debug reload
+            assert_equal $digest [r debug digest]
+        }
+    }
+}