--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2005/02/14 04:59:53	1.598.2.1
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2005/02/15 17:13:54	1.598.2.2
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.598.2.1 2005/02/14 04:59:53 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.598.2.2 2005/02/15 17:13:54 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -866,11 +866,11 @@ sub is_cached_new {
 	if ($debug) { &Apache::lonnet::logthis("getting $id is not defined"); }
 	return (undef,undef);
     }
-    &make_room($id,$value,$debug);
     if ($value eq '__undef__') {
 	if ($debug) { &Apache::lonnet::logthis("getting $id is __undef__"); }
-	return (undef,1);
+	$value=undef;
     }
+    &make_room($id,$value,$debug);
     if ($debug) { &Apache::lonnet::logthis("getting $id is $value"); }
     return ($value,1);
 }