diff --git a/app/code/core/Mage/Catalog/Model/Product.php b/app/code/core/Mage/Catalog/Model/Product.php
index f6fe5d552946..c1b658011e44 100644
--- a/app/code/core/Mage/Catalog/Model/Product.php
+++ b/app/code/core/Mage/Catalog/Model/Product.php
@@ -623,7 +623,9 @@ protected function _getResource()
      */
     public function cleanCache()
     {
-        Mage::app()->cleanCache('catalog_product_'.$this->getId());
+        if ($this->getId()) {
+            Mage::app()->cleanCache('catalog_product_'.$this->getId());
+        }
         return $this;
     }