diff --git a/src/db.c b/src/db.c
index 9a53e6b4d1..e84cc4526b 100644
--- a/src/db.c
+++ b/src/db.c
@@ -1860,7 +1860,8 @@ void deleteExpiredKeyFromOverwriteAndPropagate(client *c, robj *keyobj) {
     robj *aux = server.lazyfree_lazy_expire ? shared.unlink : shared.del;
     rewriteClientCommandVector(c, 2, aux, keyobj);
     signalModifiedKey(c, c->db, keyobj);
-    notifyKeyspaceEvent(NOTIFY_GENERIC, "del", keyobj, c->db->id);
+    notifyKeyspaceEvent(NOTIFY_EXPIRED, "expired", keyobj, c->db->id);
+    server.stat_expiredkeys++;
 }
 
 /* Propagate an implicit key deletion into replicas and the AOF file.
diff --git a/tests/unit/expire.tcl b/tests/unit/expire.tcl
index e1dcc9203b..a34d403dc5 100644
--- a/tests/unit/expire.tcl
+++ b/tests/unit/expire.tcl
@@ -142,6 +142,31 @@ start_server {tags {"expire"}} {
         list $e $f
     } {somevalue {}}
 
+    test {EXPIRE / EXPIREAT / PEXPIRE / PEXPIREAT Expiration time is already expired} {
+        set prev_expired [s expired_keys]
+        r del x
+
+        r set x somevalue
+        r expire x -1
+        assert_equal {0} [r exists x]
+        assert_equal {1} [expr {[s expired_keys] - $prev_expired}]
+
+        r set x somevalue
+        r expireat x [expr [clock seconds] - 1]
+        assert_equal {0} [r exists x]
+        assert_equal {2}  [expr {[s expired_keys] - $prev_expired}]
+
+        r set x somevalue
+        r pexpire x -1
+        assert_equal {0} [r exists x]
+        assert_equal {3}  [expr {[s expired_keys] - $prev_expired}]
+
+        r set x somevalue
+        r pexpireat x [expr [clock milliseconds] - 1]
+        assert_equal {0} [r exists x]
+        assert_equal {4}  [expr {[s expired_keys] - $prev_expired}]
+    }
+
     test {TTL returns time to live in seconds} {
         r del x
         r setex x 10 somevalue
diff --git a/tests/unit/pubsub.tcl b/tests/unit/pubsub.tcl
index 24b78b6e5a..482052dc3d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/pubsub.tcl
+++ b/tests/unit/pubsub.tcl
@@ -425,6 +425,17 @@ start_server {tags {"pubsub network"}} {
         $rd1 close
     }
 
+    test "Keyspace notification: expired event (Expiration time is already expired)" {
+        r config set notify-keyspace-events Ex
+        r del foo
+        set rd1 [valkey_deferring_client]
+        assert_equal {1} [psubscribe $rd1 *]
+        r set foo 1
+        r expire foo 0
+        assert_equal "pmessage * __keyevent@${db}__:expired foo" [$rd1 read]
+        $rd1 close
+    }
+
     test "Keyspace notifications: evicted events" {
         r config set notify-keyspace-events Ee
         r config set maxmemory-policy allkeys-lru