diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index bcb1792dfa..43817e9e58 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
                                                          -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 Changes with Apache 2.5.0
 
+  *) mod_cache: RFC2616 14.9.3 The s-maxage directive also implies the
+     semantics of the proxy-revalidate directive. [Graham Leggett]
+
   *) mod_cache: Make sure that contradictory entity headers present in a 304
      Not Modified response are caught and cause the entity to be removed.
      [Graham Leggett]
diff --git a/modules/cache/mod_cache.c b/modules/cache/mod_cache.c
index bf9f1a9d30..63378dfdc8 100644
--- a/modules/cache/mod_cache.c
+++ b/modules/cache/mod_cache.c
@@ -1828,7 +1828,8 @@ static void cache_insert_error_filter(request_rec *r)
 
         if (cache->stale_handle && cache->save_filter
                 && !cache->stale_handle->cache_obj->info.control.must_revalidate
-                && !cache->stale_handle->cache_obj->info.control.proxy_revalidate) {
+                && !cache->stale_handle->cache_obj->info.control.proxy_revalidate
+                && !cache->stale_handle->cache_obj->info.control.s_maxage) {
             const char *warn_head;
             cache_server_conf
                     *conf =