diff --git a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/View/Model/Layout/Merge.php b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/View/Model/Layout/Merge.php
index 5be878720620b..10651ea7d3160 100644
--- a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/View/Model/Layout/Merge.php
+++ b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/View/Model/Layout/Merge.php
@@ -427,10 +427,13 @@ public function load($handles = [])
 
         $cacheId = $this->getCacheId();
         $cacheIdPageLayout = $cacheId . '_' . self::PAGE_LAYOUT_CACHE_SUFFIX;
-        $result = $this->_loadCache($cacheId);
-        if ($result) {
-            $this->addUpdate($result);
-            $this->pageLayout = $this->_loadCache($cacheIdPageLayout);
+
+        $layoutCache = $this->_loadCache($cacheId);
+        $pageLayoutCache = $this->_loadCache($cacheIdPageLayout);
+
+        if ($layoutCache && $pageLayoutCache) {
+            $this->addUpdate($layoutCache);
+            $this->pageLayout = $pageLayoutCache;
             foreach ($this->getHandles() as $handle) {
                 $this->allHandles[$handle] = $this->handleProcessed;
             }