diff --git a/java/rocksjni/table.cc b/java/rocksjni/table.cc
index 1ccc550ab..a4504d917 100644
--- a/java/rocksjni/table.cc
+++ b/java/rocksjni/table.cc
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jlong Java_org_rocksdb_BlockBasedTableConfig_newTableFactoryHandle(
       std::shared_ptr<rocksdb::Cache> *pCache =
           reinterpret_cast<std::shared_ptr<rocksdb::Cache> *>(jblock_cache_handle);
       options.block_cache = *pCache;
-    } else if (jblock_cache_size > 0) {
+    } else if (jblock_cache_size >= 0) {
       if (jblock_cache_num_shard_bits > 0) {
         options.block_cache = rocksdb::NewLRUCache(
             static_cast<size_t>(jblock_cache_size),
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ jlong Java_org_rocksdb_BlockBasedTableConfig_newTableFactoryHandle(
         options.block_cache = rocksdb::NewLRUCache(
             static_cast<size_t>(jblock_cache_size));
       }
+    } else {
+      options.no_block_cache = true;
+      options.block_cache = nullptr;
     }
   }
   if (jpersistent_cache_handle > 0) {
diff --git a/java/src/main/java/org/rocksdb/BlockBasedTableConfig.java b/java/src/main/java/org/rocksdb/BlockBasedTableConfig.java
index 4c88a0224..bf5c0c1a9 100644
--- a/java/src/main/java/org/rocksdb/BlockBasedTableConfig.java
+++ b/java/src/main/java/org/rocksdb/BlockBasedTableConfig.java
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ public class BlockBasedTableConfig extends TableFormatConfig {
 
   /**
    * Set the size of the cache in bytes that will be used by RocksDB.
-   * If cacheSize is non-positive, then cache will not be used.
+   * If cacheSize is negative, then cache will not be used.
    * DEFAULT: 8M
    *
    * @param blockCacheSize block cache size in bytes