diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Adapter/RedisTagAwareAdapter.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Adapter/RedisTagAwareAdapter.php
index f936afd589..8bf9d37db7 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Adapter/RedisTagAwareAdapter.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Adapter/RedisTagAwareAdapter.php
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ namespace Symfony\Component\Cache\Adapter;
 use Predis\Connection\Aggregate\ClusterInterface;
 use Predis\Connection\Aggregate\PredisCluster;
 use Predis\Response\Status;
-use Symfony\Component\Cache\CacheItem;
 use Symfony\Component\Cache\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
+use Symfony\Component\Cache\Exception\LogicException;
 use Symfony\Component\Cache\Marshaller\DeflateMarshaller;
 use Symfony\Component\Cache\Marshaller\MarshallerInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Cache\Marshaller\TagAwareMarshaller;
@@ -95,9 +95,7 @@ class RedisTagAwareAdapter extends AbstractTagAwareAdapter
     {
         $eviction = $this->getRedisEvictionPolicy();
         if ('noeviction' !== $eviction && 0 !== strpos($eviction, 'volatile-')) {
-            CacheItem::log($this->logger, sprintf('Redis maxmemory-policy setting "%s" is *not* supported by RedisTagAwareAdapter, use "noeviction" or  "volatile-*" eviction policies', $eviction));
-
-            return false;
+            throw new LogicException(sprintf('Redis maxmemory-policy setting "%s" is *not* supported by RedisTagAwareAdapter, use "noeviction" or  "volatile-*" eviction policies.', $eviction));
         }
 
         // serialize values