diff --git t3lib/cache/backend/class.t3lib_cache_backend_filebackend.php t3lib/cache/backend/class.t3lib_cache_backend_filebackend.php
index 6b5e6d1..dab2878 100644
--- t3lib/cache/backend/class.t3lib_cache_backend_filebackend.php
+++ t3lib/cache/backend/class.t3lib_cache_backend_filebackend.php
@@ -445,6 +445,7 @@ class t3lib_cache_backend_FileBackend extends t3lib_cache_backend_AbstractBacken
 	 * @api
 	 */
 	protected function isCacheFileExpired($cacheEntryPathAndFilename) {
+		clearstatcache();
 		if (file_exists($cacheEntryPathAndFilename) === FALSE) {
 			return TRUE;
 		}