diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/cache/mem_cache_store.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/cache/mem_cache_store.rb
index d783b92819183..bb04a94cbe91a 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/cache/mem_cache_store.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/cache/mem_cache_store.rb
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ def normalize_key(key, options)
 
         def deserialize_entry(payload)
           entry = super
-          entry = Entry.new(entry, compress: false) if entry && !entry.is_a?(Entry)
+          entry = Entry.new(entry, compress: false) unless entry.nil? || entry.is_a?(Entry)
           entry
         end
 
diff --git a/activesupport/test/cache/stores/mem_cache_store_test.rb b/activesupport/test/cache/stores/mem_cache_store_test.rb
index c8967f94bd425..2710d58c247d1 100644
--- a/activesupport/test/cache/stores/mem_cache_store_test.rb
+++ b/activesupport/test/cache/stores/mem_cache_store_test.rb
@@ -211,6 +211,38 @@ def test_large_object_with_default_compression_settings
     assert_compressed(LARGE_OBJECT)
   end
 
+  def test_can_read_and_write_falsy_value
+    key = "test-with-false-value-through-public-api"
+
+    @cache.write(key, false)
+    assert_equal false, @cache.read(key)
+  end
+
+  def test_can_load_raw_values_from_dalli_store
+    key = "test-with-false-value-the-way-the-dalli-store-did"
+
+    @cache.instance_variable_get(:@data).with { |c| c.set(@cache.send(:normalize_key, key, nil), false, 0, compress: false) }
+    assert_equal false, @cache.read(key)
+  end
+
+  def test_can_read_and_write_falsy_value_with_local_cache
+    key = "test-with-false-value-through-public-api"
+
+    @cache.write(key, false)
+    @cache.with_local_cache do
+      assert_equal false, @cache.read(key)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_can_load_raw_values_from_dalli_store_with_local_cache
+    key = "test-with-false-value-the-way-the-dalli-store-did"
+
+    @cache.instance_variable_get(:@data).with { |c| c.set(@cache.send(:normalize_key, key, nil), false, 0, compress: false) }
+    @cache.with_local_cache do
+      assert_equal false, @cache.read(key)
+    end
+  end
+
   private
     def random_string(length)
       (0...length).map { (65 + rand(26)).chr }.join