diff --git a/app/code/Magento/PageCache/etc/varnish4.vcl b/app/code/Magento/PageCache/etc/varnish4.vcl
index f5e25ce36e973..d6b0a6f046738 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/PageCache/etc/varnish4.vcl
+++ b/app/code/Magento/PageCache/etc/varnish4.vcl
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ sub vcl_backend_response {
 
     # cache only successfully responses and 404s
     if (beresp.status != 200 && beresp.status != 404) {
-        set beresp.ttl = 0s;
+        set beresp.ttl = 120s;
         set beresp.uncacheable = true;
         return (deliver);
     } elsif (beresp.http.Cache-Control ~ "private") {
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/PageCache/etc/varnish5.vcl b/app/code/Magento/PageCache/etc/varnish5.vcl
index 92bb3394486fc..745cc6c6195d0 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/PageCache/etc/varnish5.vcl
+++ b/app/code/Magento/PageCache/etc/varnish5.vcl
@@ -166,11 +166,9 @@ sub vcl_backend_response {
     }
 
     # cache only successfully responses and 404s
-    if (beresp.status != 200 && beresp.status != 404) {
-        set beresp.ttl = 0s;
-        set beresp.uncacheable = true;
-        return (deliver);
-    } elsif (beresp.http.Cache-Control ~ "private") {
+    if (beresp.status != 200 &&
+            beresp.status != 404 &&
+            beresp.http.Cache-Control ~ "private") {
         set beresp.uncacheable = true;
         set beresp.ttl = 86400s;
         return (deliver);
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/PageCache/etc/varnish6.vcl b/app/code/Magento/PageCache/etc/varnish6.vcl
index eef5e99862538..e4d3123ef45ce 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/PageCache/etc/varnish6.vcl
+++ b/app/code/Magento/PageCache/etc/varnish6.vcl
@@ -165,12 +165,10 @@ sub vcl_backend_response {
         set beresp.http.X-Magento-Cache-Control = beresp.http.Cache-Control;
     }
 
-    # cache only successfully responses and 404s
-    if (beresp.status != 200 && beresp.status != 404) {
-        set beresp.ttl = 0s;
-        set beresp.uncacheable = true;
-        return (deliver);
-    } elsif (beresp.http.Cache-Control ~ "private") {
+    # cache only successfully responses and 404s that are not marked as private
+    if (beresp.status != 200 &&
+            beresp.status != 404 &&
+            beresp.http.Cache-Control ~ "private") {
         set beresp.uncacheable = true;
         set beresp.ttl = 86400s;
         return (deliver);