diff --git a/oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/spi/persistence/persistentcache/CachingSegmentArchiveReader.java b/oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/spi/persistence/persistentcache/CachingSegmentArchiveReader.java
index 1bca0f2f073..8ef42fbf4d2 100644
--- a/oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/spi/persistence/persistentcache/CachingSegmentArchiveReader.java
+++ b/oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/spi/persistence/persistentcache/CachingSegmentArchiveReader.java
@@ -46,7 +46,11 @@ public CachingSegmentArchiveReader(
     @Override
     @Nullable
     public Buffer readSegment(long msb, long lsb) throws IOException {
-        return persistentCache.readSegment(msb, lsb, () -> delegate.readSegment(msb, lsb));
+        if (delegate.containsSegment(msb, lsb)) {
+            return persistentCache.readSegment(msb, lsb, () -> delegate.readSegment(msb, lsb));
+        } else {
+            return null;
+        }
     }
 
     @Override