diff --git a/deps/redis/util.c b/deps/redis/util.c
index 8fe9e04..3524577 100644
--- a/deps/redis/util.c
+++ b/deps/redis/util.c
@@ -207,15 +207,6 @@ int lpStringToInt64(const char *s, unsigned long slen, int64_t *value) {
     return 1;
 }
 
-double zzlStrtod(unsigned char *vstr, unsigned int vlen) {
-    char buf[128];
-    if (vlen > sizeof(buf) - 1)
-        vlen = sizeof(buf) - 1;
-    memcpy(buf,vstr,vlen);
-    buf[vlen] = '\0';
-    return strtod(buf,NULL);
-}
-
 /* Returns 1 if the double value can safely be represented in long long without
  * precision loss, in which case the corresponding long long is stored in the out variable. */
 static int double2ll(double d, long long *out) {
diff --git a/deps/redis/util.h b/deps/redis/util.h
index 890375b..39b8162 100644
--- a/deps/redis/util.h
+++ b/deps/redis/util.h
@@ -14,11 +14,20 @@
 /* Bytes needed for long -> str + '\0' */
 #define LONG_STR_SIZE      21
 
+/* The maximum number of characters needed to for d2string/fpconv_dtoa call.
+ * Since it uses %g and not %f, some 40 chars should be enough. */
+#define MAX_D2STRING_CHARS 128
+
 int ll2string(char *s, size_t len, long long value);
 int ull2string(char *s, size_t len, unsigned long long value);
 int lpStringToInt64(const char *s, unsigned long slen, int64_t *value);
 unsigned int getEnvVar(const char* varName, unsigned int defaultVal);
-double zzlStrtod(unsigned char *vstr, unsigned int vlen);
+
+/* This is the exact function that is used in redis zset implementation for
+ * double <-> string conversions. Using some other function may result in
+ * incompatibilities as you can also convert double to string that results in
+ * loss of precision, or it might not represent inf, -inf or nan values
+ * similar to this function output. */
 int d2string(char *buf, size_t len, double value);
 
 #endif /*LIBRDB_UTIL_H*/
diff --git a/src/ext/handlersToJson.c b/src/ext/handlersToJson.c
index 5bc312a..01d910f 100644
--- a/src/ext/handlersToJson.c
+++ b/src/ext/handlersToJson.c
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ static RdbRes toJsonSet(RdbParser *p, void *userData, RdbBulk member) {
 static RdbRes toJsonZset(RdbParser *p, void *userData, RdbBulk member, double score) {
     RdbxToJson *ctx = userData;
 
-    char score_str[64];
+    char score_str[MAX_D2STRING_CHARS];
     int len = d2string(score_str, sizeof(score_str), score);
 
     if (ctx->state == R2J_IN_KEY) {
diff --git a/src/ext/handlersToResp.c b/src/ext/handlersToResp.c
index bf6b7a8..f21b45d 100644
--- a/src/ext/handlersToResp.c
+++ b/src/ext/handlersToResp.c
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ static RdbRes toRespZset(RdbParser *p, void *userData, RdbBulk member, double sc
     IOV_CONST(&iov[3], "\r\n$");
 
     /* write score */
-    char score_str[256];
+    char score_str[MAX_D2STRING_CHARS];
     int len = d2string(score_str, sizeof(score_str), score);
     assert(len != 0);
     IOV_VALUE(&iov[4], len, scoreLenStr);
diff --git a/src/lib/parser.c b/src/lib/parser.c
index b779676..8555517 100644
--- a/src/lib/parser.c
+++ b/src/lib/parser.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "../../deps/redis/zipmap.h"
 #include "../../deps/redis/intset.h"
 #include "../../deps/redis/lzf.h"
+#include "../../deps/redis/t_zset.h"
 
 #define DONE_FILL_BULK SIZE_MAX
 
@@ -2036,7 +2037,7 @@ RdbStatus rdbLoadDoubleValue(RdbParser *p, double *val) {
 
 /* Try to read double value and then copy it to the destination including one
  * byte prefix. See rdbLoadDoubleValue() for details. */
-RdbStatus rdbLoadDoubleValueToDest(RdbParser *p, char *dst, int *written) {
+RdbStatus rdbLoadDoubleValueToBuff(RdbParser *p, char *dst, int *written) {
     double val;
     unsigned char len;
     BulkInfo *binfo;
@@ -2053,11 +2054,10 @@ RdbStatus rdbLoadDoubleValueToDest(RdbParser *p, char *dst, int *written) {
         case 253:  /* NAN */
             return RDB_STATUS_OK;
         default:
-            IF_NOT_OK_RETURN(rdbLoad(p, len, RQ_ALLOC, NULL, &binfo));
-            if (sscanf(binfo->ref, "%lg", &val) != 1)
+            IF_NOT_OK_RETURN(rdbLoad(p, len, RQ_ALLOC_REF, dst, &binfo));
+            if (sscanf(dst, "%lg", &val) != 1)
                 return RDB_STATUS_ERROR;
 
-            memcpy(dst, binfo->ref, len);
             *written += len;
             return RDB_STATUS_OK;
     }
diff --git a/src/lib/parser.h b/src/lib/parser.h
index ae9a59e..56a5bf8 100644
--- a/src/lib/parser.h
+++ b/src/lib/parser.h
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ void subElementCallEnd(RdbParser *p, RdbBulk *bulkResult, size_t *len);
 RdbStatus rdbLoadFloatValue(RdbParser *p, float *val);
 RdbStatus rdbLoadBinaryDoubleValue(RdbParser *p, double *val);
 RdbStatus rdbLoadDoubleValue(RdbParser *p, double *val);
-RdbStatus rdbLoadDoubleValueToDest(RdbParser *p, char *dst, int *written);
+RdbStatus rdbLoadDoubleValueToBuff(RdbParser *p, char *dst, int *written);
 RdbStatus rdbLoadLen(RdbParser *p, int *isencoded, uint64_t *lenptr, unsigned char* outbuff, int *outbufflen);
 RdbStatus rdbLoadInteger(RdbParser *p, int enctype, AllocTypeRq type, char *refBuf, BulkInfo **out);
 RdbStatus rdbLoadString(RdbParser *p, AllocTypeRq type, char *refBuf, BulkInfo **out);
diff --git a/src/lib/parserRaw.c b/src/lib/parserRaw.c
index 4102392..f980048 100644
--- a/src/lib/parserRaw.c
+++ b/src/lib/parserRaw.c
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ RdbStatus elementRawZset(RdbParser *p) {
                 IF_NOT_OK_RETURN(aggUpdateWritten(p, sizeof(double)));
             } else {
                 int written;
-                IF_NOT_OK_RETURN(rdbLoadDoubleValueToDest(p, rawCtx->at, &written));
+                IF_NOT_OK_RETURN(rdbLoadDoubleValueToBuff(p, rawCtx->at, &written));
                 IF_NOT_OK_RETURN(aggUpdateWritten(p, written));
             }