diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Config/ResourceCheckerConfigCache.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Config/ResourceCheckerConfigCache.php
index ba7d600c7737b..0e3a411b07552 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Config/ResourceCheckerConfigCache.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Config/ResourceCheckerConfigCache.php
@@ -72,11 +72,6 @@ public function isFresh()
             return true; // shortcut - if we don't have any checkers we don't need to bother with the meta file at all
         }
 
-        $metadata = $this->getMetaFile();
-        if (!is_file($metadata)) {
-            return true;
-        }
-
         $metadata = $this->getMetaFile();
         if (!is_file($metadata)) {
             return false;
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Tests/ResourceCheckerConfigCacheTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Tests/ResourceCheckerConfigCacheTest.php
index c76c0dd0ac2b9..f921ad492848d 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Tests/ResourceCheckerConfigCacheTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Tests/ResourceCheckerConfigCacheTest.php
@@ -128,4 +128,16 @@ public function testCacheKeepsContent()
 
         $this->assertSame('FOOBAR', file_get_contents($cache->getPath()));
     }
+
+    public function testCacheIsNotFreshIfNotExistsMetaFile()
+    {
+        $checker = $this->getMock('\Symfony\Component\Config\ResourceCheckerInterface');
+        $cache = new ResourceCheckerConfigCache($this->cacheFile, array($checker));
+        $cache->write('foo', array(new FileResource(__FILE__)));
+
+        $metaFile = "{$this->cacheFile}.meta";
+        unlink($metaFile);
+
+        $this->assertFalse($cache->isFresh());
+    }
 }