diff --git a/resources/install/scripts/resources/functions/cache.lua b/resources/install/scripts/resources/functions/cache.lua
index e59359bd85..f7e7025ead 100644
--- a/resources/install/scripts/resources/functions/cache.lua
+++ b/resources/install/scripts/resources/functions/cache.lua
@@ -80,17 +80,32 @@ end
 
 -- convert cache key to memcache key
 local function key2key(key)
-  return (string.gsub(key, "\\", "\\\\"))
+  if (key) then
+    key = string.gsub(key, "\\", "\\\\");
+  else
+    key = '';
+  end
+  return key;
 end
 
 -- encode value to be able store it in memcache
 local function memcache_encode(value)
-  return (string.gsub(value, "'", "'"):gsub("\\", "\\\\"))
+  if (value) then
+    value = string.gsub(value, "'", "'"):gsub("\\", "\\\\");
+  else
+    value = '';
+  end
+  return value;
 end
 
 -- decode value retrived from memcache
 local function memcache_decode(value)
-  return (string.gsub(value, "'", "'"))
+  if (value) then
+    value = string.gsub(value, "'", "'");
+  else
+    value = '';
+  end
+  return value;
 end
 
 function Cache.support()