diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Adapter/AbstractAdapter.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Adapter/AbstractAdapter.php
index dad0dc8f66f5..ce1262ae1755 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Adapter/AbstractAdapter.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Adapter/AbstractAdapter.php
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 use Psr\Cache\CacheItemInterface;
 use Psr\Log\LoggerAwareInterface;
 use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
-use Psr\Log\NullLogger;
 use Symfony\Component\Cache\CacheItem;
 use Symfony\Component\Cache\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
 use Symfony\Component\Cache\ResettableInterface;
@@ -116,14 +115,12 @@ public static function createSystemCache($namespace, $defaultLifetime, $version,
         if (null !== $logger) {
             $fs->setLogger($logger);
         }
-        if (!self::$apcuSupported) {
+        if (!self::$apcuSupported || (\in_array(\PHP_SAPI, ['cli', 'phpdbg'], true) && !filter_var(ini_get('apc.enable_cli'), FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN))) {
             return $fs;
         }
 
         $apcu = new ApcuAdapter($namespace, (int) $defaultLifetime / 5, $version);
-        if ('cli' === \PHP_SAPI && !filter_var(ini_get('apc.enable_cli'), FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN)) {
-            $apcu->setLogger(new NullLogger());
-        } elseif (null !== $logger) {
+        if (null !== $logger) {
             $apcu->setLogger($logger);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Adapter/ChainAdapter.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Adapter/ChainAdapter.php
index 0080db711bce..c2c9f4a8008a 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Adapter/ChainAdapter.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Cache/Adapter/ChainAdapter.php
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ public function __construct(array $adapters, $defaultLifetime = 0)
             if (!$adapter instanceof CacheItemPoolInterface) {
                 throw new InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('The class "%s" does not implement the "%s" interface.', \get_class($adapter), CacheItemPoolInterface::class));
             }
+            if (\in_array(\PHP_SAPI, ['cli', 'phpdbg'], true) && $adapter instanceof ApcuAdapter && !filter_var(ini_get('apc.enable_cli'), FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN)) {
+                continue; // skip putting APCu in the chain when the backend is disabled
+            }
 
             if ($adapter instanceof AdapterInterface) {
                 $this->adapters[] = $adapter;