diff --git a/src/networking.c b/src/networking.c
index 41c98cb4a4e..01a34983d91 100644
--- a/src/networking.c
+++ b/src/networking.c
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ void _addReplyProtoToList(client *c, const char *s, size_t len) {
         /* Create a new node, make sure it is allocated to at
          * least PROTO_REPLY_CHUNK_BYTES */
         size_t size = len < PROTO_REPLY_CHUNK_BYTES? PROTO_REPLY_CHUNK_BYTES: len;
-        tail = zmalloc(size + sizeof(clientReplyBlock));
+        tail = zmalloc_dram(size + sizeof(clientReplyBlock));
         /* take over the allocation's internal fragmentation */
         tail->size = zmalloc_usable(tail) - sizeof(clientReplyBlock);
         tail->used = len;