diff --git a/pkg/executor/push.go b/pkg/executor/push.go
index 87da3b090d..2580e314c4 100644
--- a/pkg/executor/push.go
+++ b/pkg/executor/push.go
@@ -398,8 +398,8 @@ func pushLayerToCache(opts *config.KanikoOptions, cacheKey string, tarPath strin
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "appending layer onto empty image")
 	}
 	cacheOpts := *opts
-	cacheOpts.TarPath = ""         // tarPath doesn't make sense for Docker layers
-	cacheOpts.NoPush = opts.NoPush // we don't want to push cached layers if no push is specified
+	cacheOpts.TarPath = ""              // tarPath doesn't make sense for Docker layers
+	cacheOpts.NoPush = opts.NoPushCache // we do not want to push cache if --no-push-cache is set.
 	cacheOpts.Destinations = []string{cache}
 	cacheOpts.InsecureRegistries = opts.InsecureRegistries
 	cacheOpts.SkipTLSVerifyRegistries = opts.SkipTLSVerifyRegistries