diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/action/internal/EntityUpdateAction.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/action/internal/EntityUpdateAction.java
index 859673a723..4be1dbfc23 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/action/internal/EntityUpdateAction.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/action/internal/EntityUpdateAction.java
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ public final class EntityUpdateAction extends EntityAction {
 			if ( persister.isCacheInvalidationRequired() || entry.getStatus()!= Status.MANAGED ) {
 				persister.getCacheAccessStrategy().remove( session, ck);
 			}
-			else {
+			else if ( session.getCacheMode().isPutEnabled() ) {
 				//TODO: inefficient if that cache is just going to ignore the updated state!
 				final CacheEntry ce = persister.buildCacheEntry( instance,state, nextVersion, getSession() );
 				cacheEntry = persister.getCacheEntryStructure().structure( ce );
@@ -320,7 +320,10 @@ public final class EntityUpdateAction extends EntityAction {
 					
 			);
 
-			if ( success && cacheEntry!=null /*!persister.isCacheInvalidationRequired()*/ ) {
+			if ( success &&
+					cacheEntry != null &&
+					!persister.isCacheInvalidationRequired() &&
+					session.getCacheMode().isPutEnabled() ) {
 				final boolean put = cacheAfterUpdate( cache, ck );
 
 				if ( put && getSession().getFactory().getStatistics().isStatisticsEnabled() ) {
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/cache/EntityUpdateCacheModeIgnoreTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/cache/EntityUpdateCacheModeIgnoreTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..37e45047c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/cache/EntityUpdateCacheModeIgnoreTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+/*
+ * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
+ *
+ * License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later.
+ * See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>.
+ */
+package org.hibernate.test.cache;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+import javax.persistence.Table;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import org.hibernate.CacheMode;
+import org.hibernate.Session;
+import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
+import org.hibernate.Transaction;
+import org.hibernate.annotations.Cache;
+import org.hibernate.annotations.CacheConcurrencyStrategy;
+import org.hibernate.cfg.AvailableSettings;
+import org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration;
+import org.hibernate.stat.Statistics;
+import org.hibernate.testing.TestForIssue;
+import org.hibernate.testing.junit4.BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+
+/**
+ * Tests that updating an entity does not add an entity to the cache with CacheMode.IGNORE
+ */
+public class EntityUpdateCacheModeIgnoreTest extends BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase {
+
+	@Override
+	protected void configure(Configuration configuration) {
+		super.configure( configuration );
+		configuration.setProperty( AvailableSettings.USE_SECOND_LEVEL_CACHE, "true");
+		configuration.setProperty(AvailableSettings.USE_QUERY_CACHE, "true");
+		configuration.setProperty(AvailableSettings.GENERATE_STATISTICS, "true");
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected Class[] getAnnotatedClasses() {
+		return new Class[] {
+				PurchaseOrder.class
+		};
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	@TestForIssue( jiraKey = "HHH9739")
+	public void testCachModeIgnore() {
+		// Test that there is no interaction with cache except for invalidation when using CacheMode.IGNORE
+		// From API Doc : CacheMode.IGNORE -> The session will never interact with the cache, except to invalidate cache items when updates occur.
+		Session s;
+		Transaction t;
+		SessionFactory sessionFactory;
+		Statistics statistics;
+
+		// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+		// insert
+		s = openSession();
+		s.setCacheMode( CacheMode.IGNORE);
+		sessionFactory = s.getSessionFactory();
+		sessionFactory.getCache().evictAllRegions();
+		statistics = sessionFactory.getStatistics();
+		statistics.clear();
+		t = s.beginTransaction();
+
+		PurchaseOrder purchaseOrder = new PurchaseOrder(1L, 2L, 1000L);
+		s.persist(purchaseOrder);
+
+		t.commit();
+		s.close();
+
+		assertEquals(0L, statistics.getSecondLevelCacheHitCount());
+		assertEquals(0L, statistics.getSecondLevelCacheMissCount());
+		assertEquals(0L, statistics.getSecondLevelCachePutCount());
+		assertFalse(sessionFactory.getCache().containsEntity(PurchaseOrder.class, 1L));
+
+		// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+		// update
+		s = openSession();
+		s.setCacheMode(CacheMode.IGNORE);
+		sessionFactory = s.getSessionFactory();
+		sessionFactory.getCache().evictAllRegions();
+		statistics = sessionFactory.getStatistics();
+		statistics.clear();
+		t = s.beginTransaction();
+
+		PurchaseOrder result = (PurchaseOrder)s.get(PurchaseOrder.class, 1L);
+		result.setTotalAmount(2000L);
+
+		t.commit();
+		s.close();
+
+		assertEquals(0, statistics.getSecondLevelCacheHitCount());
+		assertEquals(0, statistics.getSecondLevelCacheMissCount());
+		assertEquals(0, statistics.getSecondLevelCachePutCount());
+		// the following fails because the cache contains a lock for that entity
+		//assertFalse(sessionFactory.getCache().containsEntity(PurchaseOrder.class, 1L));
+
+		// make sure the updated entity is not found in the cache
+		s = openSession();
+		s.setCacheMode( CacheMode.GET );
+		sessionFactory = s.getSessionFactory();
+		//sessionFactory.getCache().evictAllRegions();
+		t = s.beginTransaction();
+		result = s.get( PurchaseOrder.class, 1L );
+		assertEquals( 2000, result.getTotalAmount().longValue() );
+		t.commit();
+		s.close();
+
+		assertEquals( 0, statistics.getSecondLevelCacheHitCount());
+		assertEquals( 1, statistics.getSecondLevelCacheMissCount() );
+		assertEquals( 0, statistics.getSecondLevelCachePutCount() );
+	}
+
+	@Entity
+	@Table(name="PurchaseOrder")
+	@Cache(usage= CacheConcurrencyStrategy.READ_WRITE)
+	public static class PurchaseOrder implements Serializable {
+
+		private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+		@Id
+		private Long purchaseOrderId;
+		private Long customerId;
+		private Long totalAmount;
+
+		public PurchaseOrder() {
+		}
+
+		public PurchaseOrder(Long purchaseOrderId, Long customerId, Long totalAmount) {
+			this.purchaseOrderId = purchaseOrderId;
+			this.customerId = customerId;
+			this.totalAmount = totalAmount;
+		}
+
+		public Long getPurchaseOrderId() {
+			return purchaseOrderId;
+		}
+
+		public void setPurchaseOrderId(Long purchaseOrderId) {
+			this.purchaseOrderId = purchaseOrderId;
+		}
+
+		public Long getCustomerId() {
+			return customerId;
+		}
+
+		public void setCustomerId(Long customerId) {
+			this.customerId = customerId;
+		}
+
+		public Long getTotalAmount() {
+			return totalAmount;
+		}
+
+		public void setTotalAmount(Long totalAmount) {
+			this.totalAmount = totalAmount;
+		}
+
+	}
+
+}