diff --git a/src/redis.c b/src/redis.c
index ac6958ea..823ea3a0 100644
--- a/src/redis.c
+++ b/src/redis.c
@@ -906,6 +906,9 @@ int serverCron(struct aeEventLoop *eventLoop, long long id, void *clientData) {
     /* We need to do a few operations on clients asynchronously. */
     clientsCron();
 
+    /* Handle background operations on Redis databases. */
+    databasesCron();
+
     /* Start a scheduled AOF rewrite if this was requested by the user while
      * a BGSAVE was in progress. */
     if (server.rdb_child_pid == -1 && server.aof_child_pid == -1 &&