diff --git a/trunk/src/core/srs_core_performance.hpp b/trunk/src/core/srs_core_performance.hpp
index bc82fd1099..855693feab 100644
--- a/trunk/src/core/srs_core_performance.hpp
+++ b/trunk/src/core/srs_core_performance.hpp
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 * how many chunk stream to cache, [0, N].
 * to imporove about 10% performance when chunk size small, and 5% for large chunk.
 * @see https://github.com/winlinvip/simple-rtmp-server/issues/249
+* @remark 0 to disable the chunk stream cache.
 */
 #define SRS_PERF_CHUNK_STREAM_CACHE 16
 
diff --git a/trunk/src/rtmp/srs_protocol_stack.cpp b/trunk/src/rtmp/srs_protocol_stack.cpp
index a154d8131b..98502f7b75 100644
--- a/trunk/src/rtmp/srs_protocol_stack.cpp
+++ b/trunk/src/rtmp/srs_protocol_stack.cpp
@@ -418,7 +418,10 @@ SrsProtocol::SrsProtocol(ISrsProtocolReaderWriter* io)
     warned_c0c3_cache_dry = false;
     auto_response_when_recv = true;
     
-    cs_cache = new SrsChunkStream*[SRS_PERF_CHUNK_STREAM_CACHE];
+    cs_cache = NULL;
+    if (SRS_PERF_CHUNK_STREAM_CACHE > 0) {
+        cs_cache = new SrsChunkStream*[SRS_PERF_CHUNK_STREAM_CACHE];
+    }
     for (int cid = 0; cid < SRS_PERF_CHUNK_STREAM_CACHE; cid++) {
         SrsChunkStream* cs = new SrsChunkStream(cid);
         // set the perfer cid of chunk,
@@ -1102,6 +1105,9 @@ int SrsProtocol::recv_interlaced_message(SrsMessage** pmsg)
     }
     srs_verbose("read basic header success. fmt=%d, cid=%d", fmt, cid);
     
+    // the cid must not negative.
+    srs_assert(cid >= 0);
+    
     // once we got the chunk message header, 
     // that is there is a real message in cache,
     // increase the timeout to got it.