diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c b/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
index 3d022c78f..703b8ff98 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
@@ -3072,7 +3072,12 @@ ngx_http_upstream_finalize_request(ngx_http_request_t *r,
 
     r->connection->log->action = "sending to client";
 
-    if (rc == 0) {
+    if (rc == 0
+#if (NGX_HTTP_CACHE)
+        && !r->cached
+#endif
+       )
+    {
         rc = ngx_http_send_special(r, NGX_HTTP_LAST);
     }