diff --git includes/common.inc includes/common.inc
index 16caa8d..ddd4f99 100644
--- includes/common.inc
+++ includes/common.inc
@@ -5230,6 +5230,49 @@ function drupal_render_cache_set(&$markup, $elements) {
 }
 
 /**
+ * Prepare an element for caching based on a query. This smart caching strategy
+ * saves Drupal from querying and rendering to HTML when the underlying query is
+ * unchanged.
+ *
+ * Expensive queries should use the query builder to create the query and then
+ * call this function. Executing the query and formatting results should happen
+ * in a #pre_render callback.
+ *
+ * @param $query
+ *   A select query object as returned by db_select().
+ * @param $function
+ *   The name of the function doing this caching. A _pre_render suffix will be
+ *   added to this string and is also part of the cache key in
+ *   drupal_render_cache_set() and drupal_render_cache_get().
+ * @param $expire
+ *   The cache expire time, passed eventually to cache_set().
+ * @param $granularity
+ *   One or more granularity constants passed to drupal_render_cid_parts().
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   A renderable array with the following keys and values:
+ *   - #query: The passed in $query.
+ *   - #pre_render: $function with a _pre_render suffix.
+ *   - #cache: An associative array prepared for drupal_render_cache_set().
+ */
+function drupal_render_cache_by_query($query, $function, $expire = CACHE_TEMPORARY, $granularity = NULL) {
+  $cache_keys = array_merge(array($function), drupal_render_cid_parts($granularity));
+  $query->preExecute();
+  $cache_keys[] = md5(serialize(array((string) $query, $query->getArguments())));
+  return array(
+    '#query' => $query,
+    '#pre_render' => array($function . '_pre_render'),
+    '#cache' => array(
+      'keys' => $cache_keys,
+      'expire' => $expire,
+    ),
+  );
+}
+
+/**
+
+
+/**
  * Helper function for building cache ids.
  *
  * @param $granularity
diff --git modules/forum/forum.module modules/forum/forum.module
index d74352d..57d090e 100644
--- modules/forum/forum.module
+++ modules/forum/forum.module
@@ -637,21 +637,10 @@ function forum_block_view($delta = '') {
       break;
   }
 
-  $cache_keys = array_merge(array('forum', $delta), drupal_render_cid_parts());
-  // Cache based on the altered query. Enables us to cache with node access enabled.
-  $query->preExecute();
-  $cache_keys[] = md5(serialize(array((string) $query, $query->getArguments())));
-
   $block['subject'] = $title;
-  $block['content'] = array(
-     '#access' => user_access('access content'),
-     '#pre_render' => array('forum_block_view_pre_render'),
-     '#cache' => array(
-        'keys' => $cache_keys,
-        'expire' => CACHE_TEMPORARY,
-     ),
-     '#query' => $query,
-  );
+  // Cache based on the altered query. Enables us to cache with node access enabled.
+  $block['content'] = drupal_render_cache_by_query($query, 'forum_block_view');
+  $block['content']['#access'] = user_access('access content');
   return $block;
 }