diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Cache/ApcStore.php b/src/Illuminate/Cache/ApcStore.php
index 90132c16f45f..5779635b203b 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Cache/ApcStore.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Cache/ApcStore.php
@@ -41,11 +41,7 @@ public function __construct(ApcWrapper $apc, $prefix = '')
      */
     public function get($key)
     {
-        $value = $this->apc->get($this->prefix.$key);
-
-        if ($value !== false) {
-            return $value;
-        }
+        return $this->apc->get($this->prefix.$key);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Cache/ApcWrapper.php b/src/Illuminate/Cache/ApcWrapper.php
index 6c129c633288..8f6ce488180f 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Cache/ApcWrapper.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Cache/ApcWrapper.php
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ public function __construct()
      */
     public function get($key)
     {
-        return $this->apcu ? apcu_fetch($key) : apc_fetch($key);
+        $fetchedValue = $this->apcu ? apcu_fetch($key, $success) : apc_fetch($key, $success);
+
+        return $success ? $fetchedValue : null;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/Cache/CacheApcStoreTest.php b/tests/Cache/CacheApcStoreTest.php
index fed3a9dc8cc1..e13d2adf63ec 100755
--- a/tests/Cache/CacheApcStoreTest.php
+++ b/tests/Cache/CacheApcStoreTest.php
@@ -25,6 +25,14 @@ public function testAPCValueIsReturned()
         $this->assertSame('bar', $store->get('foo'));
     }
 
+    public function testAPCFalseValueIsReturned()
+    {
+        $apc = $this->getMockBuilder(ApcWrapper::class)->onlyMethods(['get'])->getMock();
+        $apc->expects($this->once())->method('get')->willReturn(false);
+        $store = new ApcStore($apc);
+        $this->assertFalse($store->get('foo'));
+    }
+
     public function testGetMultipleReturnsNullWhenNotFoundAndValueWhenFound()
     {
         $apc = $this->getMockBuilder(ApcWrapper::class)->onlyMethods(['get'])->getMock();