diff --git a/hibernate-jcache/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cache/jcache/JCacheRegionFactory.java b/hibernate-jcache/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cache/jcache/JCacheRegionFactory.java
index 19599338b7..d31b7dae5f 100644
--- a/hibernate-jcache/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cache/jcache/JCacheRegionFactory.java
+++ b/hibernate-jcache/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cache/jcache/JCacheRegionFactory.java
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ protected Cache<Object, Object> getOrCreateCache(String regionName, Properties p
 		final Cache<Object, Object> cache = cacheManager.getCache( regionName );
 		if ( cache == null ) {
 			try {
-				return cacheManager.createCache( regionName, newDefaultConfig( properties, metadata ) );
+				return createCache( regionName, properties, metadata );
 			}
 			catch ( CacheException e ) {
 				final Cache<Object, Object> existing = cacheManager.getCache( regionName );
@@ -200,6 +200,10 @@ protected Cache<Object, Object> getOrCreateCache(String regionName, Properties p
 		return cache;
 	}
 
+	protected Cache<Object, Object> createCache(String regionName, Properties properties, CacheDataDescription metadata) {
+		return cacheManager.createCache( regionName, newDefaultConfig( properties, metadata ) );
+	}
+
 	protected Configuration<Object, Object> newDefaultConfig(Properties properties, CacheDataDescription metadata) {
 		return new MutableConfiguration<Object, Object>();
 	}