diff --git a/internal/eval/bytearray.go b/internal/eval/bytearray.go
index 91e9edc40..45900aa21 100644
--- a/internal/eval/bytearray.go
+++ b/internal/eval/bytearray.go
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func ByteSliceToObj(store *dstore.Store, oldObj *object.Obj, b []byte, objType u
 func ByteSliceToIntObj(store *dstore.Store, oldObj *object.Obj, b []byte) (*object.Obj, error) {
 	intVal, err := strconv.ParseInt(string(b), 10, 64)
 	if err != nil {
-		return store.NewObj(string(b), -1, object.ObjTypeString, object.ObjEncodingEmbStr), nil
+		return store.NewObj(string(b), -1, object.ObjTypeString), nil
 	}
 	return store.NewObj(intVal, -1, object.ObjTypeInt), nil
 }