diff --git a/src/networking.c b/src/networking.c
index 8412c0960..60d50497d 100644
--- a/src/networking.c
+++ b/src/networking.c
@@ -825,17 +825,18 @@ void addReplyLongLongWithPrefix(client *c, long long ll, char prefix) {
      * so we have a few shared objects to use if the integer is small
      * like it is most of the times. */
     const int opt_hdr = ll < OBJ_SHARED_BULKHDR_LEN && ll >= 0;
+    const size_t hdr_len = OBJ_SHARED_HDR_STRLEN(ll);
     if (prefix == '*' && opt_hdr) {
-        addReply(c,shared.mbulkhdr[ll]);
+        addReplyProto(c,shared.mbulkhdr[ll]->ptr,hdr_len);
         return;
     } else if (prefix == '$' && opt_hdr) {
-        addReply(c,shared.bulkhdr[ll]);
+        addReplyProto(c,shared.bulkhdr[ll]->ptr,hdr_len);
         return;
     } else if (prefix == '%' && opt_hdr) {
-        addReply(c,shared.maphdr[ll]);
+        addReplyProto(c,shared.maphdr[ll]->ptr,hdr_len);
         return;
     } else if (prefix == '~' && opt_hdr) {
-        addReply(c,shared.sethdr[ll]);
+        addReplyProto(c,shared.sethdr[ll]->ptr,hdr_len);
         return;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/t_zset.c b/src/t_zset.c
index e09d4528b..bc947c965 100644
--- a/src/t_zset.c
+++ b/src/t_zset.c
@@ -2848,7 +2848,7 @@ typedef enum {
 
 typedef struct zrange_result_handler zrange_result_handler;
 
-typedef void (*zrangeResultBeginFunction)(zrange_result_handler *c);
+typedef void (*zrangeResultBeginFunction)(zrange_result_handler *c, long length);
 typedef void (*zrangeResultFinalizeFunction)(
     zrange_result_handler *c, size_t result_count);
 typedef void (*zrangeResultEmitCBufferFunction)(
@@ -2876,8 +2876,22 @@ struct zrange_result_handler {
     zrangeResultEmitLongLongFunction     emitResultFromLongLong;
 };
 
-/* Result handler methods for responding the ZRANGE to clients. */
-static void zrangeResultBeginClient(zrange_result_handler *handler) {
+/* Result handler methods for responding the ZRANGE to clients.
+ * length can be used to provide the result length in advance (avoids deferred reply overhead).
+ * length can be set to -1 if the result length is not know in advance.
+ */
+static void zrangeResultBeginClient(zrange_result_handler *handler, long length) {
+    if (length > 0) {
+        /* In case of WITHSCORES, respond with a single array in RESP2, and
+        * nested arrays in RESP3. We can't use a map response type since the
+        * client library needs to know to respect the order. */
+        if (handler->withscores && (handler->client->resp == 2)) {
+            length *= 2;
+        }
+        addReplyArrayLen(handler->client, length);
+        handler->userdata = NULL;
+        return;
+    }
     handler->userdata = addReplyDeferredLen(handler->client);
 }
 
@@ -2912,6 +2926,9 @@ static void zrangeResultEmitLongLongToClient(zrange_result_handler *handler,
 static void zrangeResultFinalizeClient(zrange_result_handler *handler,
     size_t result_count)
 {
+    /* If the reply size was know at start there's nothing left to do */
+    if (!handler->userdata)
+        return;
     /* In case of WITHSCORES, respond with a single array in RESP2, and
      * nested arrays in RESP3. We can't use a map response type since the
      * client library needs to know to respect the order. */
@@ -2923,8 +2940,9 @@ static void zrangeResultFinalizeClient(zrange_result_handler *handler,
 }
 
 /* Result handler methods for storing the ZRANGESTORE to a zset. */
-static void zrangeResultBeginStore(zrange_result_handler *handler)
+static void zrangeResultBeginStore(zrange_result_handler *handler, long length)
 {
+    UNUSED(length);
     handler->dstobj = createZsetListpackObject();
 }
 
@@ -3019,11 +3037,11 @@ void genericZrangebyrankCommand(zrange_result_handler *handler,
     if (end < 0) end = llen+end;
     if (start < 0) start = 0;
 
-    handler->beginResultEmission(handler);
 
     /* Invariant: start >= 0, so this test will be true when end < 0.
      * The range is empty when start > end or start >= length. */
     if (start > end || start >= llen) {
+        handler->beginResultEmission(handler, 0);
         handler->finalizeResultEmission(handler, 0);
         return;
     }
@@ -3031,6 +3049,7 @@ void genericZrangebyrankCommand(zrange_result_handler *handler,
     rangelen = (end-start)+1;
     result_cardinality = rangelen;
 
+    handler->beginResultEmission(handler, rangelen);
     if (zobj->encoding == OBJ_ENCODING_LISTPACK) {
         unsigned char *zl = zobj->ptr;
         unsigned char *eptr, *sptr;
@@ -3124,7 +3143,7 @@ void genericZrangebyscoreCommand(zrange_result_handler *handler,
     int reverse) {
     unsigned long rangelen = 0;
 
-    handler->beginResultEmission(handler);
+    handler->beginResultEmission(handler, -1);
 
     /* For invalid offset, return directly. */
     if (offset > 0 && offset >= (long)zsetLength(zobj)) {
@@ -3409,7 +3428,7 @@ void genericZrangebylexCommand(zrange_result_handler *handler,
 {
     unsigned long rangelen = 0;
 
-    handler->beginResultEmission(handler);
+    handler->beginResultEmission(handler, -1);
 
     if (zobj->encoding == OBJ_ENCODING_LISTPACK) {
         unsigned char *zl = zobj->ptr;
@@ -3647,7 +3666,7 @@ void zrangeGenericCommand(zrange_result_handler *handler, int argc_start, int st
     zobj = lookupKeyRead(c->db, key);
     if (zobj == NULL) {
         if (store) {
-            handler->beginResultEmission(handler);
+            handler->beginResultEmission(handler, -1);
             handler->finalizeResultEmission(handler, 0);
         } else {
             addReply(c, shared.emptyarray);