diff --git a/src/Container.php b/src/Container.php
index 7e6281df..a603664e 100644
--- a/src/Container.php
+++ b/src/Container.php
@@ -470,6 +470,7 @@ public function setExpirationSeconds($ttl, $vars = null)
         }
 
         if (null === $vars) {
+            $this->expireKeys(); // first we need to expire global key, since it can already be expired
             $data = array('EXPIRE' => $ts);
         } elseif (is_array($vars)) {
             // Cannot pass "$this" to a lambda
@@ -518,6 +519,7 @@ public function setExpirationHops($hops, $vars = null)
         }
 
         if (null === $vars) {
+            $this->expireKeys(); // first we need to expire global key, since it can already be expired
             $data = array('EXPIRE_HOPS' => array('hops' => $hops, 'ts' => $ts));
         } elseif (is_array($vars)) {
             // Cannot pass "$this" to a lambda
diff --git a/test/ContainerTest.php b/test/ContainerTest.php
index 045fd06c..3dfaa22d 100644
--- a/test/ContainerTest.php
+++ b/test/ContainerTest.php
@@ -23,6 +23,16 @@
  */
 class ContainerTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
+    /**
+     * @var Manager
+     */
+    protected $manager;
+
+    /**
+     * @var Container
+     */
+    protected $container;
+
     public function setUp()
     {
         $this->forceAutoloader();
@@ -283,6 +293,15 @@ public function testKeyExistsWithExpirationInPastReturnsFalse()
         $this->assertTrue(isset($this->container->bar));
     }
 
+    public function testKeyExistsWithContainerExpirationInPastWithSetExpirationSecondsReturnsFalse()
+    {
+        $this->container->foo = 'bar';
+        $storage = $this->manager->getStorage();
+        $storage->setMetadata('Default', array('EXPIRE' => $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME'] - 18600));
+        $this->container->setExpirationSeconds(1);
+        $this->assertFalse(isset($this->container->foo));
+    }
+
     public function testSettingExpiredKeyOverwritesExpiryMetadataForThatKey()
     {
         $this->container->foo = 'bar';