diff --git a/system/core/Output.php b/system/core/Output.php
index 6ddded2..a3155fe 100644
--- a/system/core/Output.php
+++ b/system/core/Output.php
@@ -586,62 +586,59 @@
 			return;
 		}
 
-		if (flock($fp, LOCK_EX))
-		{
-			// If output compression is enabled, compress the cache
-			// itself, so that we don't have to do that each time
-			// we're serving it
-			if ($this->_compress_output === TRUE)
-			{
-				$output = gzencode($output);
-
-				if ($this->get_header('content-type') === NULL)
-				{
-					$this->set_content_type($this->mime_type);
-				}
-			}
-
-			$expire = time() + ($this->cache_expiration * 60);
-
-			// Put together our serialized info.
-			$cache_info = serialize(array(
-				'expire'	=> $expire,
-				'headers'	=> $this->headers
-			));
-
-			$output = $cache_info.'ENDCI--->'.$output;
-
-			for ($written = 0, $length = self::strlen($output); $written < $length; $written += $result)
-			{
-				if (($result = fwrite($fp, self::substr($output, $written))) === FALSE)
-				{
-					break;
-				}
-			}
-
-			flock($fp, LOCK_UN);
-		}
-		else
+		if ( ! flock($fp, LOCK_EX))
 		{
 			log_message('error', 'Unable to secure a file lock for file at: '.$cache_path);
+			fclose($fp);
 			return;
 		}
 
+		// If output compression is enabled, compress the cache
+		// itself, so that we don't have to do that each time
+		// we're serving it
+		if ($this->_compress_output === TRUE)
+		{
+			$output = gzencode($output);
+
+			if ($this->get_header('content-type') === NULL)
+			{
+				$this->set_content_type($this->mime_type);
+			}
+		}
+
+		$expire = time() + ($this->cache_expiration * 60);
+
+		// Put together our serialized info.
+		$cache_info = serialize(array(
+			'expire'	=> $expire,
+			'headers'	=> $this->headers
+		));
+
+		$output = $cache_info.'ENDCI--->'.$output;
+
+		for ($written = 0, $length = self::strlen($output); $written < $length; $written += $result)
+		{
+			if (($result = fwrite($fp, self::substr($output, $written))) === FALSE)
+			{
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		flock($fp, LOCK_UN);
 		fclose($fp);
 
-		if (is_int($result))
-		{
-			chmod($cache_path, 0640);
-			log_message('debug', 'Cache file written: '.$cache_path);
-
-			// Send HTTP cache-control headers to browser to match file cache settings.
-			$this->set_cache_header($_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME'], $expire);
-		}
-		else
+		if ( ! is_int($result))
 		{
 			@unlink($cache_path);
 			log_message('error', 'Unable to write the complete cache content at: '.$cache_path);
+			return;
 		}
+
+		chmod($cache_path, 0640);
+		log_message('debug', 'Cache file written: '.$cache_path);
+
+		// Send HTTP cache-control headers to browser to match file cache settings.
+		$this->set_cache_header($_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME'], $expire);
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -708,11 +705,9 @@
 			log_message('debug', 'Cache file has expired. File deleted.');
 			return FALSE;
 		}
-		else
-		{
-			// Or else send the HTTP cache control headers.
-			$this->set_cache_header($last_modified, $expire);
-		}
+
+		// Send the HTTP cache control headers
+		$this->set_cache_header($last_modified, $expire);
 
 		// Add headers from cache file.
 		foreach ($cache_info['headers'] as $header)
@@ -798,13 +793,11 @@
 			$this->set_status_header(304);
 			exit;
 		}
-		else
-		{
-			header('Pragma: public');
-			header('Cache-Control: max-age='.$max_age.', public');
-			header('Expires: '.gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s', $expiration).' GMT');
-			header('Last-modified: '.gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s', $last_modified).' GMT');
-		}
+
+		header('Pragma: public');
+		header('Cache-Control: max-age='.$max_age.', public');
+		header('Expires: '.gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s', $expiration).' GMT');
+		header('Last-modified: '.gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s', $last_modified).' GMT');
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------