--- memcached-1.2.2/items.c     2007-05-03 00:58:51.000000000 +0200
+++ memcached-1.2.2-new/items.c 2007-07-26 14:05:45.000000000 +0200
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ item *do_item_alloc(char *key, const siz

         for (search = tails[id]; tries > 0 && search != NULL; tries--, search=search->prev) {
             if (search->refcount == 0) {
-               if (search->exptime > current_time) {
+               if (search->exptime == 0 || search->exptime > current_time) {
                        STATS_LOCK();
                        stats.evictions++;
                        STATS_UNLOCK();