diff --git a/src/networking.c b/src/networking.c
index 7c8d900c8..10f1b3c29 100644
--- a/src/networking.c
+++ b/src/networking.c
@@ -1090,6 +1090,8 @@ void addReplyBulk(client *c, robj *obj) {
     if (_prepareClientToWrite(c) != C_OK) return;
 
     if (sdsEncodedObject(obj)) {
+        /* Prefetch the memory for the `flags` and potential header */
+        redis_prefetch_read((const sds)(obj->ptr) - 1);
         const size_t len = sdslen(obj->ptr);
         _addReplyLongLongBulk(c, len);
         _addReplyToBufferOrList(c,obj->ptr,len);
diff --git a/src/sds.h b/src/sds.h
index c4cbf6bf5..4d4e33b51 100644
--- a/src/sds.h
+++ b/src/sds.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ extern const char *SDS_NOINIT;
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
+#include "config.h"
 
 typedef char *sds;
 
@@ -61,6 +62,8 @@ struct __attribute__ ((__packed__)) sdshdr64 {
 #define SDS_HDR_VAR(T,s) struct sdshdr##T *sh = (void*)((s)-(sizeof(struct sdshdr##T)));
 #define SDS_HDR(T,s) ((struct sdshdr##T *)((s)-(sizeof(struct sdshdr##T))))
 #define SDS_TYPE_5_LEN(f) ((f)>>SDS_TYPE_BITS)
+/* Prefetch based on the SDS type, into all cache levels (L1, L2, etc.). */
+#define SDS_HDR_PREFETCH(T, s) redis_prefetch_read((const char *)((s) - sizeof(struct sdshdr##T)))
 
 static inline size_t sdslen(const sds s) {
     unsigned char flags = s[-1];
@@ -68,12 +71,16 @@ static inline size_t sdslen(const sds s) {
         case SDS_TYPE_5:
             return SDS_TYPE_5_LEN(flags);
         case SDS_TYPE_8:
+            // SDS_HDR_PREFETCH(8,s);
             return SDS_HDR(8,s)->len;
         case SDS_TYPE_16:
+            // SDS_HDR_PREFETCH(16,s);
             return SDS_HDR(16,s)->len;
         case SDS_TYPE_32:
+            // SDS_HDR_PREFETCH(32,s);
             return SDS_HDR(32,s)->len;
         case SDS_TYPE_64:
+            // SDS_HDR_PREFETCH(64,s);
             return SDS_HDR(64,s)->len;
     }
     return 0;
diff --git a/src/t_string.c b/src/t_string.c
index 18396b834..344845987 100644
--- a/src/t_string.c
+++ b/src/t_string.c
@@ -310,7 +310,6 @@ int getGenericCommand(client *c) {
     if (checkType(c,o,OBJ_STRING)) {
         return C_ERR;
     }
-
     addReplyBulk(c,o);
     return C_OK;
 }