diff --git a/src/storage/redis_metadata.cc b/src/storage/redis_metadata.cc
index 2f8b10edde1..d5db7d16384 100644
--- a/src/storage/redis_metadata.cc
+++ b/src/storage/redis_metadata.cc
@@ -338,9 +338,7 @@ bool HashMetadata::IsTTLFieldEncoded() const { return field_encoding == HashFiel
 
 void HashMetadata::Encode(std::string *dst) const {
   Metadata::Encode(dst);
-  if (IsTTLFieldEncoded()) {
-    PutFixed8(dst, uint8_t(field_encoding));
-  }
+  PutFixed8(dst, uint8_t(field_encoding));
 }
 
 rocksdb::Status HashMetadata::Decode(Slice *input) {