diff --git a/source/blender/compositor/realtime_compositor/COM_shader_operation.hh b/source/blender/compositor/realtime_compositor/COM_shader_operation.hh
index 3ed6d8fd3b6..0b0187c249c 100644
--- a/source/blender/compositor/realtime_compositor/COM_shader_operation.hh
+++ b/source/blender/compositor/realtime_compositor/COM_shader_operation.hh
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ using ShaderCompileUnit = VectorSet<DNode>;
  * resources. */
 class ShaderOperation : public Operation {
  private:
+  /* A reference to the node execution schedule that is being compiled. */
+  const Schedule &schedule_;
   /* The compile unit that will be compiled into this shader operation. */
   ShaderCompileUnit compile_unit_;
   /* The GPU material backing the operation. This is created and compiled during construction and
@@ -117,9 +119,9 @@ class ShaderOperation : public Operation {
   VectorSet<DOutputSocket> preview_outputs_;
 
  public:
-  /* Construct and compile a GPU material from the given shader compile unit by calling
-   * GPU_material_from_callbacks with the appropriate callbacks. */
-  ShaderOperation(Context &context, ShaderCompileUnit &compile_unit);
+  /* Construct and compile a GPU material from the given shader compile unit and execution schedule
+   * by calling GPU_material_from_callbacks with the appropriate callbacks. */
+  ShaderOperation(Context &context, ShaderCompileUnit &compile_unit, const Schedule &schedule);
 
   /* Free the GPU material. */
   ~ShaderOperation();
diff --git a/source/blender/compositor/realtime_compositor/intern/evaluator.cc b/source/blender/compositor/realtime_compositor/intern/evaluator.cc
index 640ee7de8a6..2f2801de873 100644
--- a/source/blender/compositor/realtime_compositor/intern/evaluator.cc
+++ b/source/blender/compositor/realtime_compositor/intern/evaluator.cc
@@ -142,7 +142,8 @@ void Evaluator::map_node_operation_inputs_to_their_results(DNode node,
 void Evaluator::compile_and_evaluate_shader_compile_unit(CompileState &compile_state)
 {
   ShaderCompileUnit &compile_unit = compile_state.get_shader_compile_unit();
-  ShaderOperation *operation = new ShaderOperation(context_, compile_unit);
+  const Schedule &schedule = compile_state.get_schedule();
+  ShaderOperation *operation = new ShaderOperation(context_, compile_unit, schedule);
 
   for (DNode node : compile_unit) {
     compile_state.map_node_to_shader_operation(node, operation);
diff --git a/source/blender/compositor/realtime_compositor/intern/shader_operation.cc b/source/blender/compositor/realtime_compositor/intern/shader_operation.cc
index 32fd75dd396..9e90413de12 100644
--- a/source/blender/compositor/realtime_compositor/intern/shader_operation.cc
+++ b/source/blender/compositor/realtime_compositor/intern/shader_operation.cc
@@ -38,8 +38,10 @@ namespace blender::realtime_compositor {
 
 using namespace nodes::derived_node_tree_types;
 
-ShaderOperation::ShaderOperation(Context &context, ShaderCompileUnit &compile_unit)
-    : Operation(context), compile_unit_(compile_unit)
+ShaderOperation::ShaderOperation(Context &context,
+                                 ShaderCompileUnit &compile_unit,
+                                 const Schedule &schedule)
+    : Operation(context), schedule_(schedule), compile_unit_(compile_unit)
 {
   material_ = GPU_material_from_callbacks(
       GPU_MAT_COMPOSITOR, &construct_material, &generate_code, this);
@@ -290,10 +292,11 @@ void ShaderOperation::populate_results_for_node(DNode node, GPUMaterial *materia
   for (const bNodeSocket *output : node->output_sockets()) {
     const DOutputSocket doutput{node.context(), output};
 
-    /* If any of the nodes linked to the output are not part of the shader operation, then an
-     * output result needs to be populated for it. */
+    /* If any of the nodes linked to the output are not part of the shader operation but are part
+     * of the execution schedule, then an output result needs to be populated for it. */
     const bool is_operation_output = is_output_linked_to_node_conditioned(
-        doutput, [&](DNode node) { return !compile_unit_.contains(node); });
+        doutput,
+        [&](DNode node) { return schedule_.contains(node) && !compile_unit_.contains(node); });
 
     /* If the output is used as the node preview, then an output result needs to be populated for
      * it, and we additionally keep track of that output to later compute the previews from. */