diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 8cfc47db18..ef983e4b51 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+    * Fix async `read_response` to use `disable_decoding`.
     * Add 'aclose()' methods to async classes, deprecate async close().
     * Fix #2831, add auto_close_connection_pool=True arg to asyncio.Redis.from_url()
     * Fix incorrect redis.asyncio.Cluster type hint for `retry_on_error`
diff --git a/redis/_parsers/hiredis.py b/redis/_parsers/hiredis.py
index b3247b71ec..1919d3658e 100644
--- a/redis/_parsers/hiredis.py
+++ b/redis/_parsers/hiredis.py
@@ -198,10 +198,16 @@ async def read_response(
         if not self._connected:
             raise ConnectionError(SERVER_CLOSED_CONNECTION_ERROR) from None
 
-        response = self._reader.gets()
+        if disable_decoding:
+            response = self._reader.gets(False)
+        else:
+            response = self._reader.gets()
         while response is False:
             await self.read_from_socket()
-            response = self._reader.gets()
+            if disable_decoding:
+                response = self._reader.gets(False)
+            else:
+                response = self._reader.gets()
 
         # if the response is a ConnectionError or the response is a list and
         # the first item is a ConnectionError, raise it as something bad