diff --git a/product/ERP5Type/CachePlugins/DistributedRamCache.py b/product/ERP5Type/CachePlugins/DistributedRamCache.py
index 9a91c809fa44f8af6123b756287f664bba46823c..f505a17ff840143e605bae8932936fa6f213a71e 100644
--- a/product/ERP5Type/CachePlugins/DistributedRamCache.py
+++ b/product/ERP5Type/CachePlugins/DistributedRamCache.py
@@ -32,13 +32,14 @@ Memcached based cache plugin.
 
 from BaseCache import *
 from time import time
+from zLOG import LOG
 
 try:
   import memcache
+  MEMCACHED_SERVER_MAX_KEY_LENGTH = memcache.SERVER_MAX_KEY_LENGTH
 except ImportError:
-  raise CachedMethodError, "Memcache module is not available"
+  LOG('DistributedRamCache',0,'unable to import memcache')
 
-MEMCACHED_SERVER_MAX_KEY_LENGTH = memcache.SERVER_MAX_KEY_LENGTH
 ## number of seconds before creating a new connection to memcached server
 ##KEEP_ALIVE_MEMCACHED_CONNECTION_INTERVAL = 30