diff --git a/ehcache-107/src/main/java/org/ehcache/jsr107/Eh107CacheManager.java b/ehcache-107/src/main/java/org/ehcache/jsr107/Eh107CacheManager.java
index 0af2001399..49fba53e4e 100644
--- a/ehcache-107/src/main/java/org/ehcache/jsr107/Eh107CacheManager.java
+++ b/ehcache-107/src/main/java/org/ehcache/jsr107/Eh107CacheManager.java
@@ -81,11 +81,6 @@ class Eh107CacheManager implements CacheManager {
 
   }
 
-  private <K, V> Eh107Cache<K, V> wrapEhcacheCache(String alias, CacheConfiguration<K, V> ehConfig) {
-    org.ehcache.Cache<K, V> cache = ehCacheManager.getCache(alias, ehConfig.getKeyType(), ehConfig.getValueType());
-    return wrapEhcacheCache(alias, (InternalCache<K, V>)cache);
-  }
-
   private void loadCache(String cacheName) {
     Map<String, CacheConfiguration<?, ?>> cacheConfigurations = ehCacheManager.getRuntimeConfiguration().getCacheConfigurations();
     CacheConfiguration<?, ?> cacheConfiguration;
@@ -103,7 +98,11 @@ private void loadCache(String cacheName) {
         }
       }
     }
+  }
 
+  private <K, V> Eh107Cache<K, V> wrapEhcacheCache(String alias, CacheConfiguration<K, V> ehConfig) {
+    org.ehcache.Cache<K, V> cache = ehCacheManager.getCache(alias, ehConfig.getKeyType(), ehConfig.getValueType());
+    return wrapEhcacheCache(alias, (InternalCache<K, V>)cache);
   }
 
   private <K, V> Eh107Cache<K, V> wrapEhcacheCache(String alias, InternalCache<K, V> cache) {
@@ -173,6 +172,7 @@ public <K, V, C extends Configuration<K, V>> Cache<K, V> createCache(String cach
           throw new CacheException("A Cache named [" + cacheName + "] already exists");
         }
         Eh107Cache<K, V> cache = wrapEhcacheCache(cacheName, (InternalCache<K, V>)ehcache);
+        assert safeCacheRetrieval(cacheName) == null;
         lazilyLoadedCaches.put(cacheName, cache);
 
         @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ public String toString() {
   @Override
   public <K, V> Cache<K, V> getCache(String cacheName, Class<K> keyType, Class<V> valueType) {
     checkClosed();
+    loadCache(cacheName);
 
     if (cacheName == null || keyType == null || valueType == null) {
       throw new NullPointerException();
@@ -276,6 +277,7 @@ public <K, V> Cache<K, V> getCache(String cacheName, Class<K> keyType, Class<V>
   @Override
   public <K, V> Cache<K, V> getCache(String cacheName) {
     checkClosed();
+    loadCache(cacheName);
 
     if (cacheName == null) {
       throw new NullPointerException();
@@ -286,7 +288,6 @@ public <K, V> Cache<K, V> getCache(String cacheName) {
 
   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
   private <K, V> Eh107Cache<K, V> safeCacheRetrieval(final String cacheName) {
-    loadCache(cacheName);
     final Eh107Cache<?, ?> eh107Cache = lazilyLoadedCaches.get(cacheName);
     if(eh107Cache != null && eh107Cache.isClosed()) {
       return null;