diff --git a/content/llcache.c b/content/llcache.c
index 54848cfaf..e79411279 100644
--- a/content/llcache.c
+++ b/content/llcache.c
@@ -1792,7 +1792,7 @@ llcache_object_retrieve(nsurl *url,
 		/* POST requests are never cached */
 		uncachable = true;
 	} else {
-		/* only http(s), resource, and file schemes are cached */
+		/* only http(s), data, resource, and file schemes are cached */
 		lwc_string *scheme;
 		bool match;
 
@@ -1806,6 +1806,9 @@ llcache_object_retrieve(nsurl *url,
 		    lwc_string_isequal(scheme, corestring_lwc_https,
 				&match) == lwc_error_ok &&
 				(match == false) &&
+		    lwc_string_isequal(scheme, corestring_lwc_data,
+				&match) == lwc_error_ok &&
+				(match == false) &&
 		    lwc_string_isequal(scheme, corestring_lwc_resource,
 				&match) == lwc_error_ok &&
 				(match == false) &&