diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ebd911b9..edf052bb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 * Added `RedisCacheHandler`, a cache handler that stores the token info in Redis.
 * Changed URI handling in `client.Spotify._get_id()` to remove qureies if provided by error.
 * Added a new parameter to `RedisCacheHandler` to allow custom keys (instead of the default `token_info` key)
+* Simplify check for existing token in `RedisCacheHandler`
 
 ## [2.19.0] - 2021-08-12
 
diff --git a/spotipy/cache_handler.py b/spotipy/cache_handler.py
index ed0e8789..cd4567fa 100644
--- a/spotipy/cache_handler.py
+++ b/spotipy/cache_handler.py
@@ -166,8 +166,9 @@ def __init__(self, redis, key=None):
     def get_cached_token(self):
         token_info = None
         try:
-            if self.redis.exists(self.key):
-                token_info = json.loads(self.redis.get(self.key))
+            token_info = self.redis.get(self.key)
+            if token_info:
+                return json.loads(token_info)
         except RedisError as e:
             logger.warning('Error getting token from cache: ' + str(e))