diff --git a/celery/backends/redis.py b/celery/backends/redis.py
index 1b9db7433f..2c42882353 100644
--- a/celery/backends/redis.py
+++ b/celery/backends/redis.py
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ def on_chord_part_return(self, request, state, result,
                 if self._chord_zset
                 else pipe.rpush(jkey, encoded).llen(jkey)
             ).get(tkey)
-            if self.expires is not None:
+            if self.expires:
                 pipeline = pipeline \
                     .expire(jkey, self.expires) \
                     .expire(tkey, self.expires)
diff --git a/t/unit/backends/test_redis.py b/t/unit/backends/test_redis.py
index 3f6257c8ae..2029edc3c2 100644
--- a/t/unit/backends/test_redis.py
+++ b/t/unit/backends/test_redis.py
@@ -712,6 +712,24 @@ def test_on_chord_part_return_no_expiry(self, restore):
 
         self.b.expires = old_expires
 
+    @patch('celery.result.GroupResult.restore')
+    def test_on_chord_part_return_expire_set_to_zero(self, restore):
+        old_expires = self.b.expires
+        self.b.expires = 0
+        tasks = [self.create_task(i) for i in range(10)]
+
+        for i in range(10):
+            self.b.on_chord_part_return(tasks[i].request, states.SUCCESS, i)
+            assert self.b.client.zadd.call_count
+            self.b.client.zadd.reset_mock()
+        assert self.b.client.zrangebyscore.call_count
+        jkey = self.b.get_key_for_group('group_id', '.j')
+        tkey = self.b.get_key_for_group('group_id', '.t')
+        self.b.client.delete.assert_has_calls([call(jkey), call(tkey)])
+        self.b.client.expire.assert_not_called()
+
+        self.b.expires = old_expires
+
     @patch('celery.result.GroupResult.restore')
     def test_on_chord_part_return_no_expiry__unordered(self, restore):
         self.app.conf.result_backend_transport_options = dict(