diff --git a/includes/resourceloader/ResourceLoader.php b/includes/resourceloader/ResourceLoader.php
index b4b5a2e2c2f..ccc7a1796ac 100644
--- a/includes/resourceloader/ResourceLoader.php
+++ b/includes/resourceloader/ResourceLoader.php
@@ -195,9 +195,8 @@ class ResourceLoader {
 		if ( !$options['cache'] ) {
 			$result = $this->applyFilter( $filter, $data );
 		} else {
-			// Use CACHE_ANYTHING since filtering is very slow compared to DB queries
 			$key = wfMemcKey( 'resourceloader', 'filter', $filter, self::$filterCacheVersion, md5( $data ) );
-			$cache = wfGetCache( CACHE_ANYTHING );
+			$cache = wfGetCache( wfIsHHVM() ? CACHE_ACCEL : CACHE_ANYTHING );
 			$cacheEntry = $cache->get( $key );
 			if ( is_string( $cacheEntry ) ) {
 				wfIncrStats( "rl-$filter-cache-hits" );