diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Cache/Persister/AbstractEntityPersister.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Cache/Persister/AbstractEntityPersister.php
index e084405ed..eaca3d75e 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Cache/Persister/AbstractEntityPersister.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Cache/Persister/AbstractEntityPersister.php
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ abstract class AbstractEntityPersister implements CachedEntityPersister
 
         $list = $this->persister->loadOneToManyCollection($assoc, $sourceEntity, $coll);
 
-        if ($hasCache && ! empty($list)) {
+        if ($hasCache) {
             $persister->storeCollectionCache($key, $list);
 
             if ($this->cacheLogger) {