diff --git a/lib/resque/scheduler/delaying_extensions.rb b/lib/resque/scheduler/delaying_extensions.rb
index ec7606f0..136d1ba9 100644
--- a/lib/resque/scheduler/delaying_extensions.rb
+++ b/lib/resque/scheduler/delaying_extensions.rb
@@ -62,11 +62,13 @@ def enqueue_in_with_queue(queue, number_of_seconds_from_now,
       # if O(log(n)).  Returns true if it's the first job to be scheduled at
       # that time, else false
       def delayed_push(timestamp, item)
+        encoded_job = encode(item)
+
         # First add this item to the list for this timestamp
-        redis.rpush("delayed:#{timestamp.to_i}", encode(item))
+        redis.rpush("delayed:#{timestamp.to_i}", encoded_job)
 
         # Store the timestamps at with this item occurs
-        redis.sadd("timestamps:#{encode(item)}", "delayed:#{timestamp.to_i}")
+        redis.sadd("timestamps:#{encoded_job}", "delayed:#{timestamp.to_i}")
 
         # Now, add this timestamp to the zsets.  The score and the value are
         # the same since we'll be querying by timestamp, and we don't have