diff --git a/include/text.php b/include/text.php
index 957145ca18..ee8a213ff6 100644
--- a/include/text.php
+++ b/include/text.php
@@ -1198,7 +1198,12 @@ function put_item_in_cache(&$item, $update = false)
 		$item["rendered-hash"] = hash("md5", $item["body"]);
 
 		// Force an update if the generated values differ from the existing ones
-		if (($rendered_hash != $item["rendered-hash"]) || ($rendered_html != $item["rendered-html"])) {
+		if ($rendered_hash != $item["rendered-hash"]) {
+			$update = true;
+		}
+
+		// Only compare the HTML when we forcefully ignore the cache
+		if (Config::get("system", "ignore_cache") && ($rendered_html != $item["rendered-html"])) {
 			$update = true;
 		}