diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/base-server.ts b/packages/next/src/server/base-server.ts
index a5d2d9b10ed00..a5aef7f400f02 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/base-server.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/base-server.ts
@@ -1271,6 +1271,7 @@ export default abstract class Server<ServerOptions extends Options = Options> {
             | 'http'
             | 'https',
         })
+        incrementalCache.resetRequestCache()
         addRequestMeta(req, 'incrementalCache', incrementalCache)
         ;(globalThis as any).__incrementalCache = incrementalCache
       }
@@ -2141,6 +2142,8 @@ export default abstract class Server<ServerOptions extends Options = Options> {
           | 'https',
       }))
 
+    incrementalCache?.resetRequestCache()
+
     const { routeModule } = components
 
     type Renderer = (context: {
diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/lib/incremental-cache/fetch-cache.ts b/packages/next/src/server/lib/incremental-cache/fetch-cache.ts
index d0d757faf405f..d14aaa0f3ccc5 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/lib/incremental-cache/fetch-cache.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/lib/incremental-cache/fetch-cache.ts
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ export default class FetchCache implements CacheHandler {
     }
   }
 
+  public resetRequestCache(): void {
+    memoryCache?.reset()
+  }
+
   public async revalidateTag(tag: string) {
     if (this.debug) {
       console.log('revalidateTag', tag)
@@ -157,14 +161,11 @@ export default class FetchCache implements CacheHandler {
       return null
     }
 
+    // memory cache is cleared at the end of each request
+    // so that revalidate events are pulled from upstream
+    // on successive requests
     let data = memoryCache?.get(key)
 
-    // memory cache data is only leveraged for up to 2 seconds
-    // so that revalidation events can be pulled from source
-    if (Date.now() - (data?.lastModified || 0) > 2000) {
-      data = undefined
-    }
-
     // get data from fetch cache
     if (!data && this.cacheEndpoint) {
       try {
diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/lib/incremental-cache/file-system-cache.ts b/packages/next/src/server/lib/incremental-cache/file-system-cache.ts
index dc4709bb4f364..9098413e0a8a3 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/lib/incremental-cache/file-system-cache.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/lib/incremental-cache/file-system-cache.ts
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ export default class FileSystemCache implements CacheHandler {
     }
   }
 
+  public resetRequestCache(): void {}
+
   private loadTagsManifest() {
     if (!this.tagsManifestPath || !this.fs || tagsManifest) return
     try {
diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/lib/incremental-cache/index.ts b/packages/next/src/server/lib/incremental-cache/index.ts
index 8ac3093d96259..b26e9287dbf7a 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/lib/incremental-cache/index.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/lib/incremental-cache/index.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ export class CacheHandler {
   ): Promise<void> {}
 
   public async revalidateTag(_tag: string): Promise<void> {}
+
+  public resetRequestCache(): void {}
 }
 
 export class IncrementalCache implements IncrementalCacheType {
@@ -213,6 +215,10 @@ export class IncrementalCache implements IncrementalCacheType {
     return fetchCache ? pathname : normalizePagePath(pathname)
   }
 
+  resetRequestCache() {
+    this.cacheHandler?.resetRequestCache?.()
+  }
+
   async unlock(cacheKey: string) {
     const unlock = this.unlocks.get(cacheKey)
     if (unlock) {