--- a/src/http/ngx_http_file_cache.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_file_cache.c
@@ -2112,6 +2112,17 @@ ngx_http_file_cache_add_file(ngx_tree_ct
         return NGX_ERROR;
     }
 
+    /*
+     * Temporary files in cache have a suffix consisting of a dot
+     * followed by 10 digits.
+     */
+
+    if (name->len >= 2 * NGX_HTTP_CACHE_KEY_LEN + 1 + 10
+        && name->data[name->len - 10 - 1] == '.')
+    {
+        return NGX_OK;
+    }
+
     if (ctx->size < (off_t) sizeof(ngx_http_file_cache_header_t)) {
         ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_CRIT, ctx->log, 0,
                       "cache file \"%s\" is too small", name->data);
@@ -2256,7 +2267,6 @@ ngx_http_file_cache_set_slot(ngx_conf_t 
     off_t                   max_size;
     u_char                 *last, *p;
     time_t                  inactive;
-    size_t                  len;
     ssize_t                 size;
     ngx_str_t               s, name, *value;
     ngx_int_t               loader_files, manager_files;
@@ -2529,37 +2539,6 @@ ngx_http_file_cache_set_slot(ngx_conf_t 
         return NGX_CONF_ERROR;
     }
 
-    if (!use_temp_path) {
-        cache->temp_path = ngx_pcalloc(cf->pool, sizeof(ngx_path_t));
-        if (cache->temp_path == NULL) {
-            return NGX_CONF_ERROR;
-        }
-
-        len = cache->path->name.len + sizeof("/temp") - 1;
-
-        p = ngx_pnalloc(cf->pool, len + 1);
-        if (p == NULL) {
-            return NGX_CONF_ERROR;
-        }
-
-        cache->temp_path->name.len = len;
-        cache->temp_path->name.data = p;
-
-        p = ngx_cpymem(p, cache->path->name.data, cache->path->name.len);
-        ngx_memcpy(p, "/temp", sizeof("/temp"));
-
-        ngx_memcpy(&cache->temp_path->level, &cache->path->level,
-                   NGX_MAX_PATH_LEVEL * sizeof(size_t));
-
-        cache->temp_path->len = cache->path->len;
-        cache->temp_path->conf_file = cf->conf_file->file.name.data;
-        cache->temp_path->line = cf->conf_file->line;
-
-        if (ngx_add_path(cf, &cache->temp_path) != NGX_OK) {
-            return NGX_CONF_ERROR;
-        }
-    }
-
     cache->shm_zone = ngx_shared_memory_add(cf, &name, size, cmd->post);
     if (cache->shm_zone == NULL) {
         return NGX_CONF_ERROR;
@@ -2575,6 +2554,8 @@ ngx_http_file_cache_set_slot(ngx_conf_t 
     cache->shm_zone->init = ngx_http_file_cache_init;
     cache->shm_zone->data = cache;
 
+    cache->use_temp_path = use_temp_path;
+
     cache->inactive = inactive;
     cache->max_size = max_size;