diff --git a/src/modules/cache.c b/src/modules/cache.c
index 9d83632ddbe01ff0bd19959773fd110e406df500..97e42018b0cf7669dce89571c8a9f0be776dbebb 100644
--- a/src/modules/cache.c
+++ b/src/modules/cache.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_DYNAMIC_PLUGINS
 /* Sub-version number
  * (only used to avoid breakage in dev version when cache structure changes) */
-#define CACHE_SUBVERSION_NUM 20
+#define CACHE_SUBVERSION_NUM 21
 
 /* Cache filename */
 #define CACHE_NAME "plugins.dat"
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ static int CacheLoadConfig (module_config_t *cfg, FILE *file)
 
         if (cfg->list_count)
             cfg->list.psz = xmalloc (cfg->list_count * sizeof (char *));
-        else
-            cfg->list.psz_cb = NULL;
+        else /* TODO: fix config_GetPszChoices() instead of this hack: */
+            LOAD_IMMEDIATE(cfg->list.psz_cb);
         for (unsigned i = 0; i < cfg->list_count; i++)
             LOAD_STRING (cfg->list.psz[i]);
     }
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ static int CacheLoadConfig (module_config_t *cfg, FILE *file)
 
         if (cfg->list_count)
             cfg->list.i = xmalloc (cfg->list_count * sizeof (int));
-        else
-            cfg->list.i_cb = NULL;
+        else /* TODO: fix config_GetPszChoices() instead of this hack: */
+            LOAD_IMMEDIATE(cfg->list.i_cb);
         for (unsigned i = 0; i < cfg->list_count; i++)
              LOAD_IMMEDIATE (cfg->list.i[i]);
     }
@@ -403,6 +403,8 @@ static int CacheSaveConfig (FILE *file, const module_config_t *cfg)
     if (IsConfigStringType (cfg->i_type))
     {
         SAVE_STRING (cfg->orig.psz);
+        if (cfg->list_count == 0)
+            SAVE_IMMEDIATE (cfg->list.psz_cb); /* XXX: see CacheLoadConfig() */
         for (unsigned i = 0; i < cfg->list_count; i++)
             SAVE_STRING (cfg->list.psz[i]);
     }
@@ -411,6 +413,8 @@ static int CacheSaveConfig (FILE *file, const module_config_t *cfg)
         SAVE_IMMEDIATE (cfg->orig);
         SAVE_IMMEDIATE (cfg->min);
         SAVE_IMMEDIATE (cfg->max);
+        if (cfg->list_count == 0)
+            SAVE_IMMEDIATE (cfg->list.i_cb); /* XXX: see CacheLoadConfig() */
         for (unsigned i = 0; i < cfg->list_count; i++)
              SAVE_IMMEDIATE (cfg->list.i[i]);
     }