diff --git a/plugins/caddy/httpcache_test.go b/plugins/caddy/httpcache_test.go
index 7a0483638..8d7f5bd9a 100644
--- a/plugins/caddy/httpcache_test.go
+++ b/plugins/caddy/httpcache_test.go
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ func TestMaxAge(t *testing.T) {
 	if resp2.Header.Get("Cache-Status") != "Souin; hit; ttl=59" {
 		t.Errorf("unexpected Cache-Status header %v", resp2.Header.Get("Cache-Status"))
 	}
+
+	time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
+	resp3, _ := tester.AssertGetResponse(`http://localhost:9080/cache-max-age`, 200, "Hello, max-age!")
+	if resp3.Header.Get("Cache-Status") != "Souin; hit; ttl=57" {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected Cache-Status header %v", resp2.Header.Get("Cache-Status"))
+	}
 }
 
 func TestSMaxAge(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/rfc/cacheStatus.go b/rfc/cacheStatus.go
index 0ffa6966f..1dcaa95b9 100644
--- a/rfc/cacheStatus.go
+++ b/rfc/cacheStatus.go
@@ -78,12 +78,12 @@ func manageAge(h *http.Header, ttl time.Duration) {
 	if h.Get(storedTTLHeader) != "" {
 		ttl, _ = time.ParseDuration(h.Get(storedTTLHeader))
 		h.Del(storedTTLHeader)
+		cage := correctedInitialAge(utc1, utc2)
+		age := strconv.Itoa(cage)
+		h.Set("Age", age)
+		ttlValue := strconv.Itoa(int(ttl.Seconds()) - cage)
+		h.Set("Cache-Status", "Souin; hit; ttl="+ttlValue)
 	}
-	cage := correctedInitialAge(utc1, utc2)
-	age := strconv.Itoa(cage)
-	h.Set("Age", age)
-	ttlValue := strconv.Itoa(int(ttl.Seconds()) - cage)
-	h.Set("Cache-Status", "Souin; hit; ttl="+ttlValue)
 }
 
 func setMalformedHeader(headers *http.Header, header string) {
diff --git a/rfc/transport.go b/rfc/transport.go
index 27b27c04f..441728a3c 100644
--- a/rfc/transport.go
+++ b/rfc/transport.go
@@ -78,9 +78,8 @@ func (t *VaryTransport) SetCache(key string, resp *http.Response) {
 	}
 	if ma > t.ConfigurationURL.TTL.Duration {
 		ma = t.ConfigurationURL.TTL.Duration
-	} else {
-		resp.Header.Set(storedTTLHeader, ma.String())
 	}
+	resp.Header.Set(storedTTLHeader, ma.String())
 	if respBytes, err := httputil.DumpResponse(resp, true); e == nil && err == nil {
 		t.Provider.Set(key, respBytes, t.ConfigurationURL, ma)
 	}