diff --git a/lib/express/plugins/view.js b/lib/express/plugins/view.js
index e4a64ef85e..536d2832aa 100644
--- a/lib/express/plugins/view.js
+++ b/lib/express/plugins/view.js
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ exports.View = Plugin.extend({
          */
 
         render: function(view, options) {
-          var self = this,
+          var cache,
+              self = this,
               options = options || {},
               path = set('views') + '/' + view,
               type = path.split('.').slice(-2)[0],
@@ -81,8 +82,8 @@ exports.View = Plugin.extend({
             else
               self.halt(200, content)
           }
-          if (set('cache view contents') && self.cache.get('view:' + path))
-            render(self.cache.get('view:' + path))
+          if (set('cache view contents') && (cache = self.cache.get('view:' + path)))
+            render(cache)
           else
             fs.readFile(path, function(err, content){
               if (err) throw err