diff --git a/metatag.module b/metatag.module
index ecbec26..2e1f962 100644
--- a/metatag.module
+++ b/metatag.module
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ function metatag_entity_view($entity, $entity_type, $view_mode, $langcode) {
     $cid = "output:{$entity_type}:{$entity_id}:{$langcode}:" . hash('sha256', serialize($cid_parts));
 
     if ($cache = cache_get($cid, 'cache_metatag')) {
-      $entity->content['metatags'] = $cache->data;
+      $output = $cache->data;
     }
     else {
       $metatags = isset($entity->metatags) ? $entity->metatags : array();
@@ -668,13 +668,13 @@ function metatag_entity_view($entity, $entity_type, $view_mode, $langcode) {
       $options['entity'] = $entities[$entity_id];
 
       // Render the metatags and save to the cache.
-      $entity->content['metatags'] = metatag_metatags_view($instance, $metatags, $options);
-      cache_set($cid, $entity->content['metatags'], 'cache_metatag');
+      $output = metatag_metatags_view($instance, $metatags, $options);
+      cache_set($cid, $output, 'cache_metatag');
     }
 
     // We need to register the term's metatags, so we can later fetch them.
     // @see metatag_page_build().
-    metatag_page_set_metatags($instance, $entity->content['metatags']);
+    metatag_page_set_metatags($instance, $output);
   }
 }