diff --git a/src/Stash/Driver/Redis.php b/src/Stash/Driver/Redis.php
index dd82bf52..cb5db905 100644
--- a/src/Stash/Driver/Redis.php
+++ b/src/Stash/Driver/Redis.php
@@ -201,17 +201,8 @@ public function storeData($key, $data, $expiration)
         $store = serialize(array('data' => $data, 'expiration' => $expiration));
         if (is_null($expiration)) {
             return $this->redis->set($this->makeKeyString($key), $store);
-        } else {
-            $ttl = $expiration - time();
-
-            // Prevent us from even passing a negative ttl'd item to redis,
-            // since it will just round up to zero and cache forever.
-            if ($ttl < 1) {
-                return true;
-            }
-
-            return $this->redis->setex($this->makeKeyString($key), $ttl, $store);
         }
+        return $this->redis->set($this->makeKeyString($key), $store, array('EXAT' => $expiration));
     }
 
     /**