diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Azure/Services/Caching/Output/AzureOutputCacheStorageProvider.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Azure/Services/Caching/Output/AzureOutputCacheStorageProvider.cs
index 925ba081f..66cb2ac50 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Azure/Services/Caching/Output/AzureOutputCacheStorageProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Azure/Services/Caching/Output/AzureOutputCacheStorageProvider.cs
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ namespace Orchard.Azure.Services.Caching.Output {
         }
 
         public void Set(string key, CacheItem cacheItem) {
+            if (cacheItem.ValidFor <= 0) {
+                return;
+            }
+
             Logger.Debug("Set() invoked with key='{0}' in region '{1}'.", key, _regionAlphaNumeric);
             _cache.Put(key, cacheItem, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(cacheItem.ValidFor), _regionAlphaNumeric);
         }
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.OutputCache/Filters/OutputCacheFilter.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.OutputCache/Filters/OutputCacheFilter.cs
index 53dfd757d..9054c3e29 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.OutputCache/Filters/OutputCacheFilter.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.OutputCache/Filters/OutputCacheFilter.cs
@@ -381,6 +381,10 @@ namespace Orchard.OutputCache.Filters {
             // default duration of specific one ?
             var cacheDuration = configuration != null && configuration.Duration.HasValue ? configuration.Duration.Value : _cacheDuration;
 
+            if (cacheDuration <= 0) {
+                return;
+            }
+
             // include each of the content item ids as tags for the cache entry
             var contentItemIds = _displayedContentItemHandler.GetDisplayed().Select(x => x.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)).ToArray();