diff --git a/src/aof.cpp b/src/aof.cpp
index 313654d59..09e1b2ae4 100644
--- a/src/aof.cpp
+++ b/src/aof.cpp
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ int startAppendOnly(void) {
             strerror(errno));
         return C_ERR;
     }
-    if (g_pserver->rdb_child_pid != -1) {
+    if (g_pserver->FRdbSaveInProgress()) {
         g_pserver->aof_rewrite_scheduled = 1;
         serverLog(LL_WARNING,"AOF was enabled but there is already a child process saving an RDB file on disk. An AOF background was scheduled to start when possible.");
     } else {
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ void flushAppendOnlyFile(int force) {
      * useful for graphing / monitoring purposes. */
     if (sync_in_progress) {
         latencyAddSampleIfNeeded("aof-write-pending-fsync",latency);
-    } else if (g_pserver->aof_child_pid != -1 || g_pserver->rdb_child_pid != -1) {
+    } else if (g_pserver->aof_child_pid != -1 || g_pserver->FRdbSaveInProgress()) {
         latencyAddSampleIfNeeded("aof-write-active-child",latency);
     } else {
         latencyAddSampleIfNeeded("aof-write-alone",latency);
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ try_fsync:
     /* Don't fsync if no-appendfsync-on-rewrite is set to yes and there are
      * children doing I/O in the background. */
     if (g_pserver->aof_no_fsync_on_rewrite &&
-        (g_pserver->aof_child_pid != -1 || g_pserver->rdb_child_pid != -1))
+        (g_pserver->aof_child_pid != -1 || g_pserver->FRdbSaveInProgress()))
             return;
 
     /* Perform the fsync if needed. */
@@ -1593,7 +1593,7 @@ int rewriteAppendOnlyFileBackground(void) {
     pid_t childpid;
     long long start;
 
-    if (g_pserver->aof_child_pid != -1 || g_pserver->rdb_child_pid != -1) return C_ERR;
+    if (g_pserver->aof_child_pid != -1 || g_pserver->FRdbSaveInProgress()) return C_ERR;
     if (aofCreatePipes() != C_OK) return C_ERR;
     openChildInfoPipe();
     start = ustime();
@@ -1652,7 +1652,7 @@ int rewriteAppendOnlyFileBackground(void) {
 void bgrewriteaofCommand(client *c) {
     if (g_pserver->aof_child_pid != -1) {
         addReplyError(c,"Background append only file rewriting already in progress");
-    } else if (g_pserver->rdb_child_pid != -1) {
+    } else if (g_pserver->FRdbSaveInProgress()) {
         g_pserver->aof_rewrite_scheduled = 1;
         addReplyStatus(c,"Background append only file rewriting scheduled");
     } else if (rewriteAppendOnlyFileBackground() == C_OK) {
diff --git a/src/db.cpp b/src/db.cpp
index eaf3cec08..b41d4f28c 100644
--- a/src/db.cpp
+++ b/src/db.cpp
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static robj *lookupKey(redisDb *db, robj *key, int flags) {
         /* Update the access time for the ageing algorithm.
          * Don't do it if we have a saving child, as this will trigger
          * a copy on write madness. */
-        if (g_pserver->rdb_child_pid == -1 &&
+        if (!g_pserver->FRdbSaveInProgress() &&
             g_pserver->aof_child_pid == -1 &&
             !(flags & LOOKUP_NOTOUCH))
         {
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ void flushallCommand(client *c) {
     signalFlushedDb(-1);
     g_pserver->dirty += emptyDb(-1,flags,NULL);
     addReply(c,shared.ok);
-    if (g_pserver->rdb_child_pid != -1) killRDBChild();
+    if (g_pserver->FRdbSaveInProgress()) killRDBChild();
     if (g_pserver->saveparamslen > 0) {
         /* Normally rdbSave() will reset dirty, but we don't want this here
          * as otherwise FLUSHALL will not be replicated nor put into the AOF. */
diff --git a/src/defrag.cpp b/src/defrag.cpp
index 62a5b6f59..72849c468 100644
--- a/src/defrag.cpp
+++ b/src/defrag.cpp
@@ -1046,7 +1046,7 @@ void activeDefragCycle(void) {
     mstime_t latency;
     int quit = 0;
 
-    if (g_pserver->aof_child_pid!=-1 || g_pserver->rdb_child_pid!=-1)
+    if (g_pserver->aof_child_pid!=-1 || g_pserver->FRdbSaveInProgress())
         return; /* Defragging memory while there's a fork will just do damage. */
 
     /* Once a second, check if we the fragmentation justfies starting a scan
diff --git a/src/rdb.cpp b/src/rdb.cpp
index aa87fa813..f872f49ee 100644
--- a/src/rdb.cpp
+++ b/src/rdb.cpp
@@ -1365,7 +1365,7 @@ int rdbSaveBackground(rdbSaveInfo *rsi) {
     pid_t childpid;
     long long start;
 
-    if (g_pserver->aof_child_pid != -1 || g_pserver->rdb_child_pid != -1) return C_ERR;
+    if (g_pserver->aof_child_pid != -1 || g_pserver->FRdbSaveInProgress()) return C_ERR;
 
     g_pserver->dirty_before_bgsave = g_pserver->dirty;
     g_pserver->lastbgsave_try = time(NULL);
@@ -2400,7 +2400,7 @@ int rdbSaveToSlavesSockets(rdbSaveInfo *rsi) {
     long long start;
     int pipefds[2];
 
-    if (g_pserver->aof_child_pid != -1 || g_pserver->rdb_child_pid != -1) return C_ERR;
+    if (g_pserver->aof_child_pid != -1 || g_pserver->FRdbSaveInProgress()) return C_ERR;
 
     /* Before to fork, create a pipe that will be used in order to
      * send back to the parent the IDs of the slaves that successfully
@@ -2556,7 +2556,7 @@ int rdbSaveToSlavesSockets(rdbSaveInfo *rsi) {
 }
 
 void saveCommand(client *c) {
-    if (g_pserver->rdb_child_pid != -1) {
+    if (g_pserver->FRdbSaveInProgress()) {
         addReplyError(c,"Background save already in progress");
         return;
     }
@@ -2587,7 +2587,7 @@ void bgsaveCommand(client *c) {
     rdbSaveInfo rsi, *rsiptr;
     rsiptr = rdbPopulateSaveInfo(&rsi);
 
-    if (g_pserver->rdb_child_pid != -1) {
+    if (g_pserver->FRdbSaveInProgress()) {
         addReplyError(c,"Background save already in progress");
     } else if (g_pserver->aof_child_pid != -1) {
         if (schedule) {
diff --git a/src/replication.cpp b/src/replication.cpp
index eb8dec503..748f3d891 100644
--- a/src/replication.cpp
+++ b/src/replication.cpp
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ void syncCommand(client *c) {
     }
 
     /* CASE 1: BGSAVE is in progress, with disk target. */
-    if (g_pserver->rdb_child_pid != -1 &&
+    if (g_pserver->FRdbSaveInProgress() &&
         g_pserver->rdb_child_type == RDB_CHILD_TYPE_DISK)
     {
         /* Ok a background save is in progress. Let's check if it is a good
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ void syncCommand(client *c) {
         }
 
     /* CASE 2: BGSAVE is in progress, with socket target. */
-    } else if (g_pserver->rdb_child_pid != -1 &&
+    } else if (g_pserver->FRdbSaveInProgress() &&
                g_pserver->rdb_child_type == RDB_CHILD_TYPE_SOCKET)
     {
         /* There is an RDB child process but it is writing directly to
@@ -1510,7 +1510,7 @@ void readSyncBulkPayload(aeEventLoop *el, int fd, void *privdata, int mask) {
         int aof_is_enabled = g_pserver->aof_state != AOF_OFF;
 
         /* Ensure background save doesn't overwrite synced data */
-        if (g_pserver->rdb_child_pid != -1) {
+        if (g_pserver->FRdbSaveInProgress()) {
             serverLog(LL_NOTICE,
                 "Replica is about to load the RDB file received from the "
                 "master, but there is a pending RDB child running. "
@@ -3143,7 +3143,7 @@ void replicationCron(void) {
     * In case of diskless replication, we make sure to wait the specified
     * number of seconds (according to configuration) so that other slaves
     * have the time to arrive before we start streaming. */
-    if (g_pserver->rdb_child_pid == -1 && g_pserver->aof_child_pid == -1) {
+    if (!g_pserver->FRdbSaveInProgress() && g_pserver->aof_child_pid == -1) {
         time_t idle, max_idle = 0;
         int slaves_waiting = 0;
         int mincapa = -1;
diff --git a/src/server.cpp b/src/server.cpp
index 1a17f2796..9cc5752fa 100644
--- a/src/server.cpp
+++ b/src/server.cpp
@@ -1465,7 +1465,7 @@ int redisDbPersistentData::incrementallyRehash() {
  * for dict.c to resize the hash tables accordingly to the fact we have o not
  * running childs. */
 void updateDictResizePolicy(void) {
-    if (g_pserver->rdb_child_pid == -1 && g_pserver->aof_child_pid == -1)
+    if (!g_pserver->FRdbSaveInProgress() && g_pserver->aof_child_pid == -1)
         dictEnableResize();
     else
         dictDisableResize();
@@ -1712,7 +1712,7 @@ void databasesCron(void) {
     /* Perform hash tables rehashing if needed, but only if there are no
      * other processes saving the DB on disk. Otherwise rehashing is bad
      * as will cause a lot of copy-on-write of memory pages. */
-    if (g_pserver->rdb_child_pid == -1 && g_pserver->aof_child_pid == -1) {
+    if (!g_pserver->FRdbSaveInProgress() && g_pserver->aof_child_pid == -1) {
         /* We use global counters so if we stop the computation at a given
          * DB we'll be able to start from the successive in the next
          * cron loop iteration. */
@@ -1921,14 +1921,14 @@ int serverCron(struct aeEventLoop *eventLoop, long long id, void *clientData) {
 
     /* Start a scheduled AOF rewrite if this was requested by the user while
      * a BGSAVE was in progress. */
-    if (g_pserver->rdb_child_pid == -1 && g_pserver->aof_child_pid == -1 &&
+    if (!g_pserver->FRdbSaveInProgress() && g_pserver->aof_child_pid == -1 &&
         g_pserver->aof_rewrite_scheduled)
     {
         rewriteAppendOnlyFileBackground();
     }
 
     /* Check if a background saving or AOF rewrite in progress terminated. */
-    if (g_pserver->rdb_child_pid != -1 || g_pserver->aof_child_pid != -1 ||
+    if (g_pserver->FRdbSaveInProgress() || g_pserver->aof_child_pid != -1 ||
         ldbPendingChildren())
     {
         int statloc;
@@ -1989,7 +1989,7 @@ int serverCron(struct aeEventLoop *eventLoop, long long id, void *clientData) {
 
         /* Trigger an AOF rewrite if needed. */
         if (g_pserver->aof_state == AOF_ON &&
-            g_pserver->rdb_child_pid == -1 &&
+            !g_pserver->FRdbSaveInProgress() &&
             g_pserver->aof_child_pid == -1 &&
             g_pserver->aof_rewrite_perc &&
             g_pserver->aof_current_size > g_pserver->aof_rewrite_min_size)
@@ -2045,7 +2045,7 @@ int serverCron(struct aeEventLoop *eventLoop, long long id, void *clientData) {
      * Note: this code must be after the replicationCron() call above so
      * make sure when refactoring this file to keep this order. This is useful
      * because we want to give priority to RDB savings for replication. */
-    if (g_pserver->rdb_child_pid == -1 && g_pserver->aof_child_pid == -1 &&
+    if (!g_pserver->FRdbSaveInProgress() && g_pserver->aof_child_pid == -1 &&
         g_pserver->rdb_bgsave_scheduled &&
         (g_pserver->unixtime-g_pserver->lastbgsave_try > CONFIG_BGSAVE_RETRY_DELAY ||
          g_pserver->lastbgsave_status == C_OK))
@@ -3742,7 +3742,7 @@ int prepareForShutdown(int flags) {
     /* Kill the saving child if there is a background saving in progress.
        We want to avoid race conditions, for instance our saving child may
        overwrite the synchronous saving did by SHUTDOWN. */
-    if (g_pserver->rdb_child_pid != -1) {
+    if (g_pserver->FRdbSaveInProgress()) {
         serverLog(LL_WARNING,"There is a child saving an .rdb. Killing it!");
         killRDBChild();
     }
@@ -4256,12 +4256,12 @@ sds genRedisInfoString(const char *section) {
             "aof_last_cow_size:%zu\r\n",
             g_pserver->loading,
             g_pserver->dirty,
-            g_pserver->rdb_child_pid != -1,
+            g_pserver->FRdbSaveInProgress(),
             (intmax_t)g_pserver->lastsave,
             (g_pserver->lastbgsave_status == C_OK) ? "ok" : "err",
             (intmax_t)g_pserver->rdb_save_time_last,
-            (intmax_t)((g_pserver->rdb_child_pid == -1) ?
-                -1 : time(NULL)-g_pserver->rdb_save_time_start),
+            (intmax_t)(g_pserver->FRdbSaveInProgress() ?
+                time(NULL)-g_pserver->rdb_save_time_start : -1),
             g_pserver->stat_rdb_cow_bytes,
             g_pserver->aof_state != AOF_OFF,
             g_pserver->aof_child_pid != -1,
diff --git a/src/server.h b/src/server.h
index 26e17325a..fbe57ff1c 100644
--- a/src/server.h
+++ b/src/server.h
@@ -2000,6 +2000,8 @@ struct redisServer {
 
     /* System hardware info */
     size_t system_memory_size;  /* Total memory in system as reported by OS */
+
+    bool FRdbSaveInProgress() const { return rdb_child_pid != -1; }
 };
 
 typedef struct pubsubPattern {