diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Profiler/BaseMemcacheProfilerStorage.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Profiler/BaseMemcacheProfilerStorage.php
index ba4af6e3df..7b015da4c2 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Profiler/BaseMemcacheProfilerStorage.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Profiler/BaseMemcacheProfilerStorage.php
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ abstract class BaseMemcacheProfilerStorage implements ProfilerStorageInterface
      * @param string $dsn      A data source name
      * @param string $username
      * @param string $password
-     * @param int $lifetime    The lifetime to use for the purge
+     * @param int    $lifetime The lifetime to use for the purge
      */
     public function __construct($dsn, $username = '', $password = '', $lifetime = 86400)
     {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Profiler/MemcacheProfilerStorage.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Profiler/MemcacheProfilerStorage.php
index e6e43e27a7..fdf5ff0e59 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Profiler/MemcacheProfilerStorage.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Profiler/MemcacheProfilerStorage.php
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class MemcacheProfilerStorage extends BaseMemcacheProfilerStorage
      */
     protected function setValue($key, $value, $expiration = 0)
     {
-        return $this->getMemcache()->set($key, $value, false, $expiration);
+        return $this->getMemcache()->set($key, $value, false, time() + $expiration);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Profiler/MemcachedProfilerStorage.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Profiler/MemcachedProfilerStorage.php
index f9b4e10b03..b91582ace5 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Profiler/MemcachedProfilerStorage.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Profiler/MemcachedProfilerStorage.php
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class MemcachedProfilerStorage extends BaseMemcacheProfilerStorage
      */
     protected function setValue($key, $value, $expiration = 0)
     {
-        return $this->getMemcached()->set($key, $value, false, $expiration);
+        return $this->getMemcached()->set($key, $value, false, time() + $expiration);
     }
 
     /**