diff --git a/openjpa-kernel/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/datacache/QueryCacheStoreQuery.java b/openjpa-kernel/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/datacache/QueryCacheStoreQuery.java
index 07b22943f..92dc78fae 100644
--- a/openjpa-kernel/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/datacache/QueryCacheStoreQuery.java
+++ b/openjpa-kernel/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/datacache/QueryCacheStoreQuery.java
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ public class QueryCacheStoreQuery
                     for (Long ts: timestamps) {
                         // if this is true we have to evict the query 
                         // from cache
-                        if (queryTS < ts) { 
+                        if (queryTS <= ts) { 
                             qcache.remove(qk);
                             return null;
                         }