diff --git a/lib/util.php b/lib/util.php
index 53ebe02472..e9360b44f9 100755
--- a/lib/util.php
+++ b/lib/util.php
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ class OC_Util {
 			if (ini_get('xcache.admin.enable_auth')) {
 				OC_Log::write('core', 'XCache will not be cleared because "xcache.admin.enable_auth" is enabled in php.ini.', \OC_Log::WARN);
 			} else {
-				xcache_clear_cache(XC_TYPE_VAR, 0);
+				xcache_clear_cache(XC_TYPE_PHP, 0);
 			}
 		}
 		// Opcache (PHP >= 5.5)