--- a/src/http/ngx_http_file_cache.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_file_cache.c
@@ -177,6 +177,8 @@ ngx_http_file_cache_new(ngx_http_request
     c->file.log = r->connection->log;
     c->file.fd = NGX_INVALID_FILE;
 
+    c->last_modified = -1;
+
     return NGX_OK;
 }
 

--- a/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
@@ -2565,12 +2565,17 @@ ngx_http_upstream_send_response(ngx_http
         }
 
         if (valid) {
-            r->cache->last_modified = u->headers_in.last_modified_time;
             r->cache->date = now;
             r->cache->body_start = (u_short) (u->buffer.pos - u->buffer.start);
 
-            if (u->headers_in.etag) {
-                r->cache->etag = u->headers_in.etag->value;
+            if (u->headers_in.status_n == NGX_HTTP_OK
+                || u->headers_in.status_n == NGX_HTTP_PARTIAL_CONTENT)
+            {
+                r->cache->last_modified = u->headers_in.last_modified_time;
+
+                if (u->headers_in.etag) {
+                    r->cache->etag = u->headers_in.etag->value;
+                }
             }
 
             ngx_http_file_cache_set_header(r, u->buffer.start);