diff --git a/src/services.js b/src/services.js
index 9a0851d53..b1ea32cd5 100644
--- a/src/services.js
+++ b/src/services.js
@@ -1872,6 +1872,10 @@ function startRedis(existingInfra, callback) {
             const redisName = 'redis-' + app.id;
 
             async.series([
+                (done) => {
+                    if (!upgrading) return done();
+                    backupRedis(app, {}, done);
+                },
                 shell.exec.bind(null, 'stopRedis', `docker stop ${redisName} || true`), // redis will backup as part of signal handling
                 shell.exec.bind(null, 'removeRedis', `docker rm -f ${redisName} || true`),
                 setupRedis.bind(null, app, app.manifest.addons.redis) // starts the container