diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/auth.py b/rhodecode/lib/auth.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/auth.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/auth.py
@@ -1154,7 +1154,7 @@ class AuthUser(object):
                     RepoList(qry, perm_set=perm_def)]
 
         compute = caches.conditional_cache(
-            'long_term', 'repo_acl_ids.{}'.format(self.user_id),
+            'short_term', 'repo_acl_ids.{}'.format(self.user_id),
             condition=cache, func=_cached_repo_acl)
         return compute(self.user_id, perms, name_filter)
 
@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ class AuthUser(object):
                     RepoGroupList(qry, perm_set=perm_def)]
 
         compute = caches.conditional_cache(
-            'long_term', 'repo_group_acl_ids.{}'.format(self.user_id),
+            'short_term', 'repo_group_acl_ids.{}'.format(self.user_id),
             condition=cache, func=_cached_repo_group_acl)
         return compute(self.user_id, perms, name_filter)
 
@@ -1206,7 +1206,7 @@ class AuthUser(object):
                     UserGroupList(qry, perm_set=perm_def)]
 
         compute = caches.conditional_cache(
-            'long_term', 'user_group_acl_ids.{}'.format(self.user_id),
+            'short_term', 'user_group_acl_ids.{}'.format(self.user_id),
             condition=cache, func=_cached_user_group_acl)
         return compute(self.user_id, perms, name_filter)
 
diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/caches.py b/rhodecode/lib/caches.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/caches.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/caches.py
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ def conditional_cache(region, cache_name
             return data
 
         # depending on the condition the compute is wrapped in cache or not
-        compute = conditional_cache('short_term', 'cache_desc',
+        compute = conditional_cache('short_term', 'cache_namespace_id',
                                     condition=True, func=func)
         return compute(arg)