diff --git a/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Cache/Backend/ApcBackend.php b/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Cache/Backend/ApcBackend.php
index dd51ab2f2d664a4613493cc62f52903349cf4edc..dc6cfa28875331974e8043fb7db0b11d79777adc 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Cache/Backend/ApcBackend.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Cache/Backend/ApcBackend.php
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ namespace TYPO3\CMS\Core\Cache\Backend;
  * The TYPO3 project - inspiring people to share!
  */
 
+use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility;
+
 /**
  * A caching backend which stores cache entries by using APC.
  *
@@ -144,7 +146,8 @@ class ApcBackend extends \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Cache\Backend\AbstractBackend implement
             $this->removeIdentifierFromAllTags($entryIdentifier);
             $this->addIdentifierToTags($entryIdentifier, $tags);
         } else {
-            throw new \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Cache\Exception('Could not set value.', 1232986877);
+            $errorMessage = 'Error using APCu: Could not save data in the cache.';
+            GeneralUtility::sysLog($errorMessage, 'core', GeneralUtility::SYSLOG_SEVERITY_ERROR);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Cache/Backend/ApcuBackend.php b/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Cache/Backend/ApcuBackend.php
index 445d5cbabba77ca79ba6a00f1a8c3705895ac9d5..3e550b13bd4b65c448785262f23aa633b7e05803 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Cache/Backend/ApcuBackend.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Cache/Backend/ApcuBackend.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ namespace TYPO3\CMS\Core\Cache\Backend;
  *
  * The TYPO3 project - inspiring people to share!
  */
+
 use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Cache;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility;
 
@@ -145,7 +146,8 @@ class ApcuBackend extends AbstractBackend implements TaggableBackendInterface
             $this->removeIdentifierFromAllTags($entryIdentifier);
             $this->addIdentifierToTags($entryIdentifier, $tags);
         } else {
-            throw new Cache\Exception('Could not set value.', 1232986277);
+            $errorMessage = 'Error using APCu: Could not save data in the cache.';
+            GeneralUtility::sysLog($errorMessage, 'core', GeneralUtility::SYSLOG_SEVERITY_ERROR);
         }
     }