diff --git a/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/serializer/StringRedisSerializer.java b/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/serializer/StringRedisSerializer.java
index 20e142be2..99df1a29c 100644
--- a/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/serializer/StringRedisSerializer.java
+++ b/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/serializer/StringRedisSerializer.java
@@ -42,6 +42,6 @@ public class StringRedisSerializer implements RedisSerializer<String> {
 
 	@Override
 	public byte[] serialize(String object) {
-		return object.toString().getBytes(charset);
+		return object.getBytes(charset);
 	}
 }