diff --git a/src/EditorFeatures/Core/Implementation/Workspaces/ProjectCacheService.SimpleMRUCache.cs b/src/EditorFeatures/Core/Implementation/Workspaces/ProjectCacheService.SimpleMRUCache.cs
index 34e816e548fd976a1b012a1474bbd5f82b8cc224..8434247bfc0bc9d13866f1c171b4ba9acdc40de0 100644
--- a/src/EditorFeatures/Core/Implementation/Workspaces/ProjectCacheService.SimpleMRUCache.cs
+++ b/src/EditorFeatures/Core/Implementation/Workspaces/ProjectCacheService.SimpleMRUCache.cs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public bool Empty
             public void Touch(object instance)
             {
                 var oldIndex = -1;
-                var oldTime = DateTime.UtcNow;
+                var oldTime = DateTime.MaxValue;
 
                 for (var i = 0; i < _nodes.Length; i++)
                 {