diff --git a/django_prometheus/cache/backends/django_memcached_consul.py b/django_prometheus/cache/backends/django_memcached_consul.py
index 678b5794..ffbe7abb 100644
--- a/django_prometheus/cache/backends/django_memcached_consul.py
+++ b/django_prometheus/cache/backends/django_memcached_consul.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ def get(self, key, default=None, version=None):
         cached = super().get(key, default=None, version=version)
         if cached is not None:
             django_cache_hits_total.labels(backend="django_memcached_consul").inc()
-        else:
-            django_cache_misses_total.labels(backend="django_memcached_consul").inc()
-        return cached or default
+            return cached
+
+        django_cache_misses_total.labels(backend="django_memcached_consul").inc()
+        return default
diff --git a/django_prometheus/cache/backends/filebased.py b/django_prometheus/cache/backends/filebased.py
index 1fc56b2d..7d38f793 100644
--- a/django_prometheus/cache/backends/filebased.py
+++ b/django_prometheus/cache/backends/filebased.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ def get(self, key, default=None, version=None):
         cached = super().get(key, default=None, version=version)
         if cached is not None:
             django_cache_hits_total.labels(backend="filebased").inc()
-        else:
-            django_cache_misses_total.labels(backend="filebased").inc()
-        return cached or default
+            return cached
+
+        django_cache_misses_total.labels(backend="filebased").inc()
+        return default
diff --git a/django_prometheus/cache/backends/locmem.py b/django_prometheus/cache/backends/locmem.py
index c4f73d8a..f4750271 100644
--- a/django_prometheus/cache/backends/locmem.py
+++ b/django_prometheus/cache/backends/locmem.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ def get(self, key, default=None, version=None):
         cached = super().get(key, default=None, version=version)
         if cached is not None:
             django_cache_hits_total.labels(backend="locmem").inc()
-        else:
-            django_cache_misses_total.labels(backend="locmem").inc()
-        return cached or default
+            return cached
+
+        django_cache_misses_total.labels(backend="locmem").inc()
+        return default
diff --git a/django_prometheus/cache/backends/memcached.py b/django_prometheus/cache/backends/memcached.py
index 8a405ed2..06bd7e1e 100644
--- a/django_prometheus/cache/backends/memcached.py
+++ b/django_prometheus/cache/backends/memcached.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ def get(self, key, default=None, version=None):
         cached = super().get(key, default=None, version=version)
         if cached is not None:
             django_cache_hits_total.labels(backend="memcached").inc()
-        else:
-            django_cache_misses_total.labels(backend="memcached").inc()
-        return cached or default
+            return cached
+
+        django_cache_misses_total.labels(backend="memcached").inc()
+        return default