diff --git a/src/vcacheoptimizer.cpp b/src/vcacheoptimizer.cpp
index ce8fd3a88..d4b08ba34 100644
--- a/src/vcacheoptimizer.cpp
+++ b/src/vcacheoptimizer.cpp
@@ -221,9 +221,9 @@ void meshopt_optimizeVertexCacheTable(unsigned int* destination, const unsigned
 		triangle_scores[i] = vertex_scores[a] + vertex_scores[b] + vertex_scores[c];
 	}
 
-	unsigned int cache_holder[2 * (kCacheSizeMax + 3)];
+	unsigned int cache_holder[2 * (kCacheSizeMax + 4)];
 	unsigned int* cache = cache_holder;
-	unsigned int* cache_new = cache_holder + kCacheSizeMax + 3;
+	unsigned int* cache_new = cache_holder + kCacheSizeMax + 4;
 	size_t cache_count = 0;
 
 	unsigned int current_triangle = 0;
@@ -260,10 +260,8 @@ void meshopt_optimizeVertexCacheTable(unsigned int* destination, const unsigned
 		{
 			unsigned int index = cache[i];
 
-			if (index != a && index != b && index != c)
-			{
-				cache_new[cache_write++] = index;
-			}
+			cache_new[cache_write] = index;
+			cache_write += (index != a && index != b && index != c);
 		}
 
 		unsigned int* cache_temp = cache;
@@ -305,6 +303,10 @@ void meshopt_optimizeVertexCacheTable(unsigned int* destination, const unsigned
 		{
 			unsigned int index = cache[i];
 
+			// no need to update scores if we are never going to use this vertex
+			if (adjacency.counts[index] == 0)
+				continue;
+
 			int cache_position = i >= cache_size ? -1 : int(i);
 
 			// update vertex score
@@ -325,11 +327,8 @@ void meshopt_optimizeVertexCacheTable(unsigned int* destination, const unsigned
 				float tri_score = triangle_scores[tri] + score_diff;
 				assert(tri_score > 0);
 
-				if (best_score < tri_score)
-				{
-					best_triangle = tri;
-					best_score = tri_score;
-				}
+				best_triangle = best_score < tri_score ? tri : best_triangle;
+				best_score = best_score < tri_score ? tri_score : best_score;
 
 				triangle_scores[tri] = tri_score;
 			}