diff --git a/src/t_list.cpp b/src/t_list.cpp
index 6024f8315..caa26e1ae 100644
--- a/src/t_list.cpp
+++ b/src/t_list.cpp
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ void lrangeCommand(client *c) {
     if ((getLongFromObjectOrReply(c, c->argv[2], &start, NULL) != C_OK) ||
         (getLongFromObjectOrReply(c, c->argv[3], &end, NULL) != C_OK)) return;
 
-    if ((o = lookupKeyReadOrReply(c,c->argv[1],shared.null[c->resp])) == NULL
+    if ((o = lookupKeyReadOrReply(c,c->argv[1],(c->resp < 3) ? shared.emptyarray : shared.null[c->resp])) == NULL
          || checkType(c,o,OBJ_LIST)) return;
     llen = listTypeLength(o);
 
diff --git a/src/t_set.cpp b/src/t_set.cpp
index 42266666d..998c0b7dc 100644
--- a/src/t_set.cpp
+++ b/src/t_set.cpp
@@ -813,7 +813,10 @@ void sinterGenericCommand(client *c, robj **setkeys,
                 }
                 addReply(c,shared.czero);
             } else {
-                addReplyNull(c);
+                if (c->resp >= 3)
+                    addReplyNull(c);
+                else
+                    addReply(c, shared.emptyarray);
             }
             return;
         }
diff --git a/src/t_zset.cpp b/src/t_zset.cpp
index 7476034de..f7564b90c 100644
--- a/src/t_zset.cpp
+++ b/src/t_zset.cpp
@@ -2427,7 +2427,7 @@ void zrangeGenericCommand(client *c, int reverse) {
         return;
     }
 
-    if ((zobj = lookupKeyReadOrReply(c,key,shared.null[c->resp])) == NULL
+    if ((zobj = lookupKeyReadOrReply(c,key,(c->resp < 3) ? shared.emptyarray : shared.null[c->resp])) == NULL
          || checkType(c,zobj,OBJ_ZSET)) return;
 
     /* Sanitize indexes. */
@@ -2575,7 +2575,7 @@ void genericZrangebyscoreCommand(client *c, int reverse) {
     }
 
     /* Ok, lookup the key and get the range */
-    if ((zobj = lookupKeyReadOrReply(c,key,shared.null[c->resp])) == NULL ||
+    if ((zobj = lookupKeyReadOrReply(c,key,(c->resp < 3) ? shared.emptyarray : shared.null[c->resp])) == NULL ||
         checkType(c,zobj,OBJ_ZSET)) return;
 
     if (zobj->encoding == OBJ_ENCODING_ZIPLIST) {