diff --git a/lib/Twig/Cache/Filesystem.php b/lib/Twig/Cache/Filesystem.php
index c33fa90d9..ad484f6bc 100644
--- a/lib/Twig/Cache/Filesystem.php
+++ b/lib/Twig/Cache/Filesystem.php
@@ -64,11 +64,8 @@ class Twig_Cache_Filesystem implements Twig_CacheInterface
     {
         $dir = dirname($key);
         if (!is_dir($dir)) {
-            if (false === @mkdir($dir, 0777, true)) {
-                clearstatcache(false, $dir);
-                if (!is_dir($dir)) {
-                    throw new RuntimeException(sprintf('Unable to create the cache directory (%s).', $dir));
-                }
+            if (false === @mkdir($dir, 0777, true) && !is_dir($dir)) {
+                throw new RuntimeException(sprintf('Unable to create the cache directory (%s).', $dir));
             }
         } elseif (!is_writable($dir)) {
             throw new RuntimeException(sprintf('Unable to write in the cache directory (%s).', $dir));