diff --git a/app/controllers/public/profile_controller.rb b/app/controllers/public/profile_controller.rb
index 69e087d..18791e7 100644
--- a/app/controllers/public/profile_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/public/profile_controller.rb
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class ProfileController < PublicController
     @tags = profile.article_tags
     unless profile.display_info_to?(user)
       profile.visible? ? private_profile : invisible_profile
+      render :action => 'index', :status => 403
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/test/integration/http_caching_test.rb b/test/integration/http_caching_test.rb
index 5116c3c..c4cc94a 100644
--- a/test/integration/http_caching_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/http_caching_test.rb
@@ -74,6 +74,23 @@ class HttpCachingTest < ActionController::IntegrationTest
     assert_no_cache
   end
 
+  test 'private community profile should not return cache headers' do
+    create_private_community('the-community')
+
+    get "/profile/the-community"
+    assert_response 403
+    assert_no_cache
+  end
+
+  test 'private community content should not return cache headers' do
+    community = create_private_community('the-community')
+    create(Article, profile_id: community.id, name: 'Test page')
+
+    get "/the-community/test-page"
+    assert_response 403
+    assert_no_cache
+  end
+
   protected
 
   def set_env_config(data)
@@ -84,6 +101,13 @@ class HttpCachingTest < ActionController::IntegrationTest
     env.save!
   end
 
+  def create_private_community(identifier)
+    community = fast_create(Community, identifier: identifier)
+    community.public_profile = false
+    community.save!
+    community
+  end
+
   def assert_no_cache
     assert(cache_parts == ['max-age=0', 'must-revalidate', 'private'] || cache_parts == ['no-cache'], "should not set cache headers (found #{cache_parts.inspect})")
   end
diff --git a/vendor/plugins/noosfero_caching/init.rb b/vendor/plugins/noosfero_caching/init.rb
index 3c08ce2..c786051 100644
--- a/vendor/plugins/noosfero_caching/init.rb
+++ b/vendor/plugins/noosfero_caching/init.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module NoosferoHttpCaching
         end
       end
     end
-    if n
+    if n && response.status < 400
       expires_in n.minutes, :private => false, :public => true
     end
   end
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