diff --git a/source/blender/editors/space_node/node_edit.cc b/source/blender/editors/space_node/node_edit.cc
index 59730fadd98..683b180e2a4 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/space_node/node_edit.cc
+++ b/source/blender/editors/space_node/node_edit.cc
@@ -248,6 +248,12 @@ static void compo_initjob(void *cjv)
     DEG_debug_name_set(compositor_runtime.preview_depsgraph, "COMPOSITOR");
   }
 
+  /* Update the viewer layer of the compositor since it changed since the depsgraph was created. */
+  if (DEG_get_input_view_layer(compositor_runtime.preview_depsgraph) != view_layer) {
+    DEG_graph_replace_owners(compositor_runtime.preview_depsgraph, bmain, scene, view_layer);
+    DEG_graph_tag_relations_update(compositor_runtime.preview_depsgraph);
+  }
+
   cj->compositor_depsgraph = compositor_runtime.preview_depsgraph;
   DEG_graph_build_for_compositor_preview(cj->compositor_depsgraph, cj->ntree);