diff --git a/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/MultiKeyPipelineBase.java b/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/MultiKeyPipelineBase.java
index c0bc5bc12b..4039423f03 100644
--- a/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/MultiKeyPipelineBase.java
+++ b/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/MultiKeyPipelineBase.java
@@ -709,10 +709,14 @@ public Response<String> migrate(final String host, final int port, final int des
     return getResponse(BuilderFactory.STRING);
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public Response<Object> sendCommand(ProtocolCommand cmd, String... args){
+  public Response<Object> sendCommand(final ProtocolCommand cmd, final String... args) {
     client.sendCommand(cmd, args);
     return getResponse(BuilderFactory.OBJECT);
   }
-  
+
+  public Response<Object> sendCommand(final ProtocolCommand cmd, final byte[]... args) {
+    client.sendCommand(cmd, args);
+    return getResponse(BuilderFactory.OBJECT);
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/PipelineBase.java b/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/PipelineBase.java
index 05502f6763..968aad5d60 100644
--- a/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/PipelineBase.java
+++ b/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/PipelineBase.java
@@ -1975,15 +1975,13 @@ public Response<List<byte[]>> xclaim(byte[] key, byte[] group, byte[] consumerna
     return getResponse(BuilderFactory.BYTE_ARRAY_LIST);            
   }
 
-  public Response<Object> sendCommand(ProtocolCommand cmd, String... args){
-    String key = args.length > 0 ? args[0] : cmd.toString();
-    getClient(key).sendCommand(cmd, args);
+  public Response<Object> sendCommand(final String sampleKey, final ProtocolCommand cmd, final String... args) {
+    getClient(sampleKey).sendCommand(cmd, args);
     return getResponse(BuilderFactory.OBJECT);
   }
 
-  public Response<Object> sendCommand(ProtocolCommand cmd, byte[]... args){
-    byte[] key = args.length > 0 ? args[0] : cmd.getRaw();
-    getClient(key).sendCommand(cmd, args);
+  public Response<Object> sendCommand(final byte[] sampleKey, final ProtocolCommand cmd, final byte[]... args) {
+    getClient(sampleKey).sendCommand(cmd, args);
     return getResponse(BuilderFactory.OBJECT);
   }
 }