diff --git a/src/cache/DbQueryResultCache.ts b/src/cache/DbQueryResultCache.ts
index 91dbb0092..6f981ff63 100644
--- a/src/cache/DbQueryResultCache.ts
+++ b/src/cache/DbQueryResultCache.ts
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ export class DbQueryResultCache implements QueryResultCache {
                             ? new MssqlParameter(options.identifier, "nvarchar")
                             : options.identifier,
                 })
+                .cache(false) // disable cache to avoid infinite loops when cache is alwaysEnable
                 .getRawOne()
         } else if (options.query) {
             if (this.connection.driver.options.type === "oracle") {
@@ -168,6 +169,7 @@ export class DbQueryResultCache implements QueryResultCache {
                         )}, :query) = 0`,
                         { query: options.query },
                     )
+                    .cache(false) // disable cache to avoid infinite loops when cache is alwaysEnable
                     .getRawOne()
             }
 
@@ -179,6 +181,7 @@ export class DbQueryResultCache implements QueryResultCache {
                             ? new MssqlParameter(options.query, "nvarchar")
                             : options.query,
                 })
+                .cache(false) // disable cache to avoid infinite loops when cache is alwaysEnable
                 .getRawOne()
         }
 
diff --git a/src/query-builder/QueryExpressionMap.ts b/src/query-builder/QueryExpressionMap.ts
index c0156e040..3f1867d7b 100644
--- a/src/query-builder/QueryExpressionMap.ts
+++ b/src/query-builder/QueryExpressionMap.ts
@@ -261,8 +261,9 @@ export class QueryExpressionMap {
 
     /**
      * Indicates if query result cache is enabled or not.
+     * It is undefined by default to avoid overriding the `alwaysEnabled` config
      */
-    cache: boolean = false
+    cache?: boolean
 
     /**
      * Time in milliseconds in which cache will expire.
diff --git a/src/query-builder/SelectQueryBuilder.ts b/src/query-builder/SelectQueryBuilder.ts
index 24c2a9858..ef48e291e 100644
--- a/src/query-builder/SelectQueryBuilder.ts
+++ b/src/query-builder/SelectQueryBuilder.ts
@@ -3770,7 +3770,7 @@ export class SelectQueryBuilder<Entity extends ObjectLiteral>
             (cacheOptions.alwaysEnabled &&
                 this.expressionMap.cache !== false) ||
             // ...or it's enabled locally explicitly.
-            this.expressionMap.cache
+            this.expressionMap.cache === true
         let cacheError = false
         if (this.connection.queryResultCache && isCachingEnabled) {
             try {
diff --git a/test/github-issues/9910/entity/User.ts b/test/github-issues/9910/entity/User.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6a39507c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/github-issues/9910/entity/User.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import { Entity, PrimaryGeneratedColumn, Column } from "../../../../src"
+
+@Entity()
+export class User {
+    @PrimaryGeneratedColumn()
+    id: number
+
+    @Column()
+    name: string
+}
diff --git a/test/github-issues/9910/issue-9910.ts b/test/github-issues/9910/issue-9910.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..baf411373
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/github-issues/9910/issue-9910.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import "reflect-metadata"
+import { expect } from "chai"
+import {
+    closeTestingConnections,
+    createTestingConnections,
+    reloadTestingDatabases,
+} from "../../utils/test-utils"
+import { DataSource } from "../../../src/data-source/DataSource"
+import { User } from "./entity/User"
+
+describe("github issues > #9910 Incorrect behaivor of 'alwaysEnabled: true' after change from issue #9023", () => {
+    let connections: DataSource[]
+    before(
+        async () =>
+            (connections = await createTestingConnections({
+                entities: [__dirname + "/entity/*{.js,.ts}"],
+                cache: {
+                    alwaysEnabled: true,
+                },
+            })),
+    )
+    beforeEach(() => reloadTestingDatabases(connections))
+    after(() => closeTestingConnections(connections))
+
+    it("should automatically cache if alwaysEnabled", () =>
+        Promise.all(
+            connections.map(async (connection) => {
+                if (connection.driver.options.type === "spanner") {
+                    return
+                }
+                const user1 = new User()
+                user1.name = "Foo"
+                await connection.manager.save(user1)
+
+                const users1 = await connection
+                    .createQueryBuilder(User, "user")
+                    .getMany()
+                expect(users1.length).to.be.equal(1)
+
+                const user2 = new User()
+                user2.name = "Bar"
+                await connection.manager.save(user2)
+
+                // result should be cached and second user should not be retrieved
+                const users2 = await connection
+                    .createQueryBuilder(User, "user")
+                    .getMany()
+                expect(users2.length).to.be.equal(1)
+
+                // with cache explicitly disabled, the second user should be retrieved
+                const users3 = await connection
+                    .createQueryBuilder(User, "user")
+                    .cache(false)
+                    .getMany()
+                expect(users3.length).to.be.equal(2)
+            }),
+        ))
+})