diff -Naur httpd-2.2.0.org/modules/cache/cache_util.c httpd-2.2.0/modules/cache/cache_util.c
--- httpd-2.2.0.org/modules/cache/cache_util.c	2005-11-10 16:20:05.000000000 +0100
+++ httpd-2.2.0/modules/cache/cache_util.c	2006-04-26 22:29:57.559885397 +0200
@@ -296,11 +296,12 @@
     }
 
     /* handle expiration */
-    if (((smaxage != -1) && (age < (smaxage - minfresh))) ||
+    if (age*MSEC_ONE_SEC <= conf->maxex &&
+       (((smaxage != -1) && (age < (smaxage - minfresh))) ||
         ((maxage != -1) && (age < (maxage + maxstale - minfresh))) ||
         ((smaxage == -1) && (maxage == -1) &&
          (info->expire != APR_DATE_BAD) &&
-         (age < (apr_time_sec(info->expire - info->date) + maxstale - minfresh)))) {
+         (age < (apr_time_sec(info->expire - info->date) + maxstale - minfresh))))) {
         const char *warn_head;
 
         warn_head = apr_table_get(h->resp_hdrs, "Warning");