diff --git a/src/replication.cpp b/src/replication.cpp
index 29ec9e26e..94d4a7fbe 100644
--- a/src/replication.cpp
+++ b/src/replication.cpp
@@ -1719,7 +1719,7 @@ void disklessLoadRestoreBackups(redisDb *backup, int restore, int empty_db_flags
 void readSyncBulkPayload(connection *conn) {
     char buf[4096];
     ssize_t nread, readlen, nwritten;
-    int use_diskless_load;
+    int use_diskless_load = useDisklessLoad();
     redisDb *diskless_load_backup = NULL;
     rdbSaveInfo rsi = RDB_SAVE_INFO_INIT;
     int empty_db_flags = g_pserver->repl_slave_lazy_flush ? EMPTYDB_ASYNC :
@@ -1782,19 +1782,18 @@ void readSyncBulkPayload(connection *conn) {
             mi->repl_transfer_size = 0;
             serverLog(LL_NOTICE,
                 "MASTER <-> REPLICA sync: receiving streamed RDB from master with EOF %s",
-                useDisklessLoad()? "to parser":"to disk");
+                use_diskless_load? "to parser":"to disk");
         } else {
             usemark = 0;
             mi->repl_transfer_size = strtol(buf+1,NULL,10);
             serverLog(LL_NOTICE,
                 "MASTER <-> REPLICA sync: receiving %lld bytes from master %s",
                 (long long) mi->repl_transfer_size,
-                useDisklessLoad() ? "to parser" : "to disk");
+                use_diskless_load? "to parser":"to disk");
         }
         return;
     }
 
-    use_diskless_load = useDisklessLoad();
     if (!use_diskless_load) {
         /* Read the data from the socket, store it to a file and search
          * for the EOF. */