diff --git a/lib/puppet/node/catalog.rb b/lib/puppet/node/catalog.rb
index a438a4764..e82e63444 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/node/catalog.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/node/catalog.rb
@@ -183,6 +183,14 @@ class Puppet::Node::Catalog < Puppet::SimpleGraph
         resource
     end
 
+    def expired?(ts)
+        if applying?
+            return super
+        else
+            return true
+        end
+    end
+
     # Make sure we support the requested extraction format.
     def extraction_format=(value)
         unless respond_to?("extract_to_%s" % value)
diff --git a/spec/unit/node/catalog.rb b/spec/unit/node/catalog.rb
index 3c4da5908..e23c53d3a 100755
--- a/spec/unit/node/catalog.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/node/catalog.rb
@@ -615,6 +615,17 @@ describe Puppet::Node::Catalog do
         Puppet::Node::Catalog.ancestors.should be_include(Puppet::Util::Cacher::Expirer)
     end
 
+    it "should always be expired if it's not applying" do
+        @catalog.expects(:applying?).returns false
+        @catalog.should be_expired(Time.now)
+    end
+
+    it "should not be expired if it's applying and the timestamp is late enough" do
+        @catalog.expire
+        @catalog.expects(:applying?).returns true
+        @catalog.should_not be_expired(Time.now)
+    end
+
     describe "when applying" do
         it "should create and evaluate a transaction" do
             @transaction.expects(:evaluate)
diff --git a/spec/unit/type/file.rb b/spec/unit/type/file.rb
index 6fd27d75b..45f9689a3 100755
--- a/spec/unit/type/file.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/type/file.rb
@@ -164,13 +164,15 @@ describe Puppet::Type.type(:file) do
             @resource.stat.should == "mystat"
         end
 
-        it "should cache the stat instance if it has a catalog" do
+        it "should cache the stat instance if it has a catalog and is applying" do
             stat = mock 'stat'
             File.expects(:lstat).returns stat
 
             catalog = Puppet::Node::Catalog.new
             @resource.catalog = catalog
 
+            catalog.stubs(:applying?).returns true
+
             @resource.stat.should equal(@resource.stat)
         end
     end