diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 798b78954b..23c11ef333 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ RedisClient.prototype.internal_send_command = function (command_obj) {
             args_copy[i] = this.options.prefix + args_copy[i];
         }
     }
-    if (typeof this.options.rename_commands !== 'undefined' && this.options.rename_commands[command]) {
+    if (this.options.rename_commands && this.options.rename_commands[command]) {
         command = this.options.rename_commands[command];
     }
     // Always use 'Multi bulk commands', but if passed any Buffer args, then do multiple writes, one for each arg.