diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Traits/FilesystemCommonTrait.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Traits/FilesystemCommonTrait.php
index d828982b82..15cc950e81 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Traits/FilesystemCommonTrait.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Traits/FilesystemCommonTrait.php
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ trait FilesystemCommonTrait
                 throw new InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('Namespace contains "%s" but only characters in [-+_.A-Za-z0-9] are allowed.', $match[0]));
             }
             $directory .= \DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.$namespace;
+        } else {
+            $directory .= \DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'@';
         }
         if (!file_exists($directory)) {
             @mkdir($directory, 0777, true);