diff --git a/media.module b/media.module
index 6232c82bc187e02aacf06d19c4a4e08d8ffbb080..f008116196b95e459296574cf6f3e3955680350a 100644
--- a/media.module
+++ b/media.module
@@ -1229,9 +1229,9 @@ function media_set_browser_params() {
     );
     $params = array_intersect_key($params, array_flip($safe_options));
 
-    // Retrieve the security sensitive options from the cache.
+    // If the cache is present, use its values instead of the GET parameters.
     if (!empty($params['options']) && is_string($params['options']) && $options = cache_get('media_options:' . $params['options'], 'cache_form')) {
-      $params = array_merge($options->data, $params);
+      $params = $options->data;
     }
 
     // Transform text 'true' and 'false' to actual booleans.