diff --git a/i18n/i18n.php b/i18n/i18n.php
index 7a518d3bb..12424b369 100644
--- a/i18n/i18n.php
+++ b/i18n/i18n.php
@@ -1995,7 +1995,7 @@ class i18n extends Object implements TemplateGlobalProvider {
 				// and the next invocation of include_by_locale() doesn't cause a new reparse.
 				$adapter->addTranslation(
 					array(
-						'content' => array('_' => '_'),
+						'content' => array($locale => $locale), // Cached by content hash, so needs to be locale dependent
 						'locale' => $locale,
 						'usetranslateadapter' => true
 					)