diff --git a/source/blender/depsgraph/intern/depsgraph_tag.cc b/source/blender/depsgraph/intern/depsgraph_tag.cc
index 4bf3878ac6b..96786164baf 100644
--- a/source/blender/depsgraph/intern/depsgraph_tag.cc
+++ b/source/blender/depsgraph/intern/depsgraph_tag.cc
@@ -557,7 +557,14 @@ void graph_tag_ids_for_visible_update(Depsgraph *graph)
     if (id_type == ID_OB) {
       flags |= ID_RECALC_TRANSFORM | ID_RECALC_GEOMETRY;
     }
-    graph_id_tag_update(bmain, graph, id_node->id_orig, flags, DEG_UPDATE_SOURCE_VISIBILITY);
+    /* For non-COW datablocks like images, there is no need to update when
+     * they just got added to the depsgraph and there is no flag indicating
+     * a specific change that was made to them. Unlike COW datablocks which
+     * have just been copied.
+     * This helps preserve cached image draw data for the compositor. */
+    if (ID_TYPE_IS_COW(id_type) || flags != 0) {
+      graph_id_tag_update(bmain, graph, id_node->id_orig, flags, DEG_UPDATE_SOURCE_VISIBILITY);
+    }
     if (id_type == ID_SCE) {
       /* Make sure collection properties are up to date. */
       id_node->tag_update(graph, DEG_UPDATE_SOURCE_VISIBILITY);