diff --git a/src/ZiggyCreatures.FusionCache/FusionCache_Async.cs b/src/ZiggyCreatures.FusionCache/FusionCache_Async.cs
index 036a3c95..afe47a73 100644
--- a/src/ZiggyCreatures.FusionCache/FusionCache_Async.cs
+++ b/src/ZiggyCreatures.FusionCache/FusionCache_Async.cs
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ public partial class FusionCache
 
 						Task<TValue>? factoryTask = null;
 
-						var timeout = options.GetAppropriateFactoryTimeout(memoryEntry is object || distributedEntry is object);
+						var timeout = options.GetAppropriateFactoryTimeout(memoryEntry is object || distributedEntry is object || failSafeDefaultValue.HasValue);
 
 						if (_logger?.IsEnabled(LogLevel.Debug) ?? false)
 							_logger.LogDebug("FUSION (O={CacheOperationId} K={CacheKey}): calling the factory (timeout={Timeout})", operationId, key, timeout.ToLogString_Timeout());
diff --git a/src/ZiggyCreatures.FusionCache/FusionCache_Sync.cs b/src/ZiggyCreatures.FusionCache/FusionCache_Sync.cs
index 6d5e8a27..27b5811e 100644
--- a/src/ZiggyCreatures.FusionCache/FusionCache_Sync.cs
+++ b/src/ZiggyCreatures.FusionCache/FusionCache_Sync.cs
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ public partial class FusionCache
 
 						Task<TValue>? factoryTask = null;
 
-						var timeout = options.GetAppropriateFactoryTimeout(memoryEntry is object || distributedEntry is object);
+						var timeout = options.GetAppropriateFactoryTimeout(memoryEntry is object || distributedEntry is object || failSafeDefaultValue.HasValue);
 
 						if (_logger?.IsEnabled(LogLevel.Debug) ?? false)
 							_logger.LogDebug("FUSION (O={CacheOperationId} K={CacheKey}): calling the factory (timeout={Timeout})", operationId, key, timeout.ToLogString_Timeout());