diff --git a/typo3/sysext/frontend/Classes/Http/RequestHandler.php b/typo3/sysext/frontend/Classes/Http/RequestHandler.php
index f103cd2cb43b17869dfe7d4a2962fa18c6a85d85..7dd8d4703d546cbec9bcf4b8975fb733d5f1efd3 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/frontend/Classes/Http/RequestHandler.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/frontend/Classes/Http/RequestHandler.php
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ class RequestHandler implements RequestHandlerInterface
                                 $cssFileConfig['alternate'] ? 'alternate stylesheet' : 'stylesheet',
                                 $cssFileConfig['media'] ?: 'all',
                                 $cssFileConfig['title'] ?: '',
-                                $cssFileConfig['external'] ? false : empty($cssFileConfig['disableCompression']),
+                                $cssFileConfig['external']  || (bool)$cssFileConfig['inline'] ? false : empty($cssFileConfig['disableCompression']),
                                 (bool)$cssFileConfig['forceOnTop'],
                                 $cssFileConfig['allWrap'],
                                 (bool)$cssFileConfig['excludeFromConcatenation'] || (bool)$cssFileConfig['inline'],
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ class RequestHandler implements RequestHandlerInterface
                                 $cssFileConfig['alternate'] ? 'alternate stylesheet' : 'stylesheet',
                                 $cssFileConfig['media'] ?: 'all',
                                 $cssFileConfig['title'] ?: '',
-                                $cssFileConfig['external'] ? false : empty($cssFileConfig['disableCompression']),
+                                $cssFileConfig['external'] || (bool)$cssFileConfig['inline'] ? false : empty($cssFileConfig['disableCompression']),
                                 (bool)$cssFileConfig['forceOnTop'],
                                 $cssFileConfig['allWrap'],
                                 (bool)$cssFileConfig['excludeFromConcatenation'] || (bool)$cssFileConfig['inline'],