diff --git a/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/fs/fat.c b/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/fs/fat.c
index 4a605007ae5..f76b73ac8fa 100644
--- a/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/fs/fat.c
+++ b/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/fs/fat.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #define NDEBUG
 #include <debug.h>
 
-#define CACHE_ENABLED
+BOOLEAN gCacheEnabled = TRUE;
 
 ULONG			BytesPerSector;			/* Number of bytes per sector */
 ULONG			SectorsPerCluster;		/* Number of sectors per cluster */
@@ -336,28 +336,30 @@ BOOLEAN FatOpenVolume(UCHAR DriveNumber, ULONGLONG VolumeStartSector, ULONGLONG
 	}
 	MmHeapFree(FatVolumeBootSector);
 
-#ifdef CACHE_ENABLED
-	//
-	// Initialize the disk cache for this drive
-	//
-	if (!CacheInitializeDrive(DriveNumber))
+	if (gCacheEnabled)
 	{
-		return FALSE;
-	}
-
-	//
-	// Force the FAT sectors into the cache
-	// as long as it is FAT12 or FAT16. FAT32 can
-	// have a multi-megabyte FAT so we don't want that.
-	//
-	if (FatType != FAT32 && FatType != FATX32)
-	{
-		if (!CacheForceDiskSectorsIntoCache(DriveNumber, ActiveFatSectorStart, SectorsPerFat))
+		//
+		// Initialize the disk cache for this drive
+		//
+		if (!CacheInitializeDrive(DriveNumber))
 		{
 			return FALSE;
 		}
+
+		//
+		// Force the FAT sectors into the cache
+		// as long as it is FAT12 or FAT16. FAT32 can
+		// have a multi-megabyte FAT so we don't want that.
+		//
+		if (FatType != FAT32 && FatType != FATX32)
+		{
+			if (!CacheForceDiskSectorsIntoCache(DriveNumber, ActiveFatSectorStart, SectorsPerFat))
+			{
+				return FALSE;
+			}
+		}
 	}
-#else
+	else
 	{
 		GEOMETRY DriveGeometry;
 		ULONG BlockSize;
@@ -370,7 +372,6 @@ BOOLEAN FatOpenVolume(UCHAR DriveNumber, ULONGLONG VolumeStartSector, ULONGLONG
 
 		BlockSize = MachDiskGetCacheableBlockCount(DriveNumber);
 	}
-#endif
 
 	return TRUE;
 }
@@ -1422,21 +1423,24 @@ ULONG FatGetFilePointer(FILE *FileHandle)
 
 BOOLEAN FatReadVolumeSectors(ULONG DriveNumber, ULONG SectorNumber, ULONG SectorCount, PVOID Buffer)
 {
-#ifdef CACHE_ENABLED
-	return CacheReadDiskSectors(DriveNumber, SectorNumber + FatVolumeStartSector, SectorCount, Buffer);
-#else
-	// Now try to read in the block
-	if (!MachDiskReadLogicalSectors(DriveNumber, SectorNumber + FatVolumeStartSector, SectorCount, (PVOID)DISKREADBUFFER))
+	if (gCacheEnabled)
 	{
-		return FALSE;
+		return CacheReadDiskSectors(DriveNumber, SectorNumber + FatVolumeStartSector, SectorCount, Buffer);
 	}
+	else
+	{
+		// Now try to read in the block
+		if (!MachDiskReadLogicalSectors(DriveNumber, SectorNumber + FatVolumeStartSector, SectorCount, (PVOID)DISKREADBUFFER))
+		{
+			return FALSE;
+		}
 
-	// Copy data to the caller
-	RtlCopyMemory(Buffer, (PVOID)DISKREADBUFFER, SectorCount * BytesPerSector);
+		// Copy data to the caller
+		RtlCopyMemory(Buffer, (PVOID)DISKREADBUFFER, SectorCount * BytesPerSector);
 
-	// Return success
-	return TRUE;
-#endif
+		// Return success
+		return TRUE;
+	}
 }
 
 const FS_VTBL FatVtbl = {