diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/query/CQueryEngine.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/query/CQueryEngine.java
index 1159356f1..ceb657478 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/query/CQueryEngine.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/query/CQueryEngine.java
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ public class CQueryEngine {
       if (request.isLogSummary()) {
         request.getTransaction().logSummary(rcQuery.getSummary());
       }
-      if (request.isQueryCachePut() && !list.isEmpty()) {
+      if (request.isQueryCachePut()) {
         request.addDependentTables(rcQuery.getDependentTables());
 
         list = Collections.unmodifiableList(list);