diff --git a/src/t_list.c b/src/t_list.c
index 7b7cbe01f..961f59ae4 100644
--- a/src/t_list.c
+++ b/src/t_list.c
@@ -41,10 +41,13 @@
 void listTypePush(robj *subject, robj *value, int where) {
     if (subject->encoding == OBJ_ENCODING_QUICKLIST) {
         int pos = (where == LIST_HEAD) ? QUICKLIST_HEAD : QUICKLIST_TAIL;
-        value = getDecodedObject(value);
-        size_t len = sdslen(value->ptr);
-        quicklistPush(subject->ptr, value->ptr, len, pos);
-        decrRefCount(value);
+        if (value->encoding == OBJ_ENCODING_INT) {
+            char buf[32];
+            ll2string(buf, 32, (long)value->ptr);
+            quicklistPush(subject->ptr, buf, strlen(buf), pos);
+        } else {
+            quicklistPush(subject->ptr, value->ptr, sdslen(value->ptr), pos);
+        }
     } else {
         serverPanic("Unknown list encoding");
     }