diff --git a/core/io/resource_uid.cpp b/core/io/resource_uid.cpp
index 5a0f1f723e..e8b82594d0 100644
--- a/core/io/resource_uid.cpp
+++ b/core/io/resource_uid.cpp
@@ -357,18 +357,21 @@ String ResourceUID::get_path_from_cache(Ref<FileAccess> &p_cache_file, const Str
 	const int64_t uid_from_string = singleton->text_to_id(p_uid_string);
 	if (uid_from_string != INVALID_ID) {
 		const uint32_t entry_count = p_cache_file->get_32();
-		CharString cs;
 		for (uint32_t i = 0; i < entry_count; i++) {
 			int64_t id = p_cache_file->get_64();
 			int32_t len = p_cache_file->get_32();
-			cs.resize_uninitialized(len + 1);
-			ERR_FAIL_COND_V(cs.size() != len + 1, String());
-			cs[len] = 0;
-			int32_t rl = p_cache_file->get_buffer((uint8_t *)cs.ptrw(), len);
-			ERR_FAIL_COND_V(rl != len, String());
 
 			if (id == uid_from_string) {
+				CharString cs;
+				cs.resize_uninitialized(len + 1);
+				ERR_FAIL_COND_V(cs.size() != len + 1, String());
+				cs[len] = 0;
+				int32_t rl = p_cache_file->get_buffer((uint8_t *)cs.ptrw(), len);
+				ERR_FAIL_COND_V(rl != len, String());
 				return String::utf8(cs.get_data());
+			} else {
+				p_cache_file->seek(p_cache_file->get_position() + len);
+				ERR_FAIL_COND_V(p_cache_file->eof_reached(), String());
 			}
 		}
 	}