diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/connection/DefaultStringRedisConnection.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/connection/DefaultStringRedisConnection.java
index 47d39180d..fe863d67e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/connection/DefaultStringRedisConnection.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/connection/DefaultStringRedisConnection.java
@@ -1089,7 +1089,7 @@ public class DefaultStringRedisConnection implements StringRedisConnection {
 	}
 
 	public Long bitCount(String key, long begin, long end) {
-		return delegate.bitCount(serialize(key));
+		return delegate.bitCount(serialize(key), begin, end);
 	}
 
 	public Long bitOp(BitOperation op, String destination, String... keys) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/redis/connection/AbstractConnectionIntegrationTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/redis/connection/AbstractConnectionIntegrationTests.java
index 60ea9c116..dc6312207 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/redis/connection/AbstractConnectionIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/redis/connection/AbstractConnectionIntegrationTests.java
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractConnectionIntegrationTests {
 	public void testBitCountInterval() {
 		connection.set("mykey", "foobar");
 		actual.add(connection.bitCount("mykey", 1, 1));
-		verifyResults(new ArrayList<Object>(Collections.singletonList(26l)), actual);
+		verifyResults(new ArrayList<Object>(Collections.singletonList(6l)), actual);
 	}
 
 	@Test