diff --git a/source/blender/render/intern/compositor.cc b/source/blender/render/intern/compositor.cc
index 429c9e5fb1c..ab67db451c2 100644
--- a/source/blender/render/intern/compositor.cc
+++ b/source/blender/render/intern/compositor.cc
@@ -631,6 +631,8 @@ class RealtimeCompositor {
   /* Evaluate the compositor and output to the scene render result. */
   void execute(const ContextInputData &input_data)
   {
+    context_->update_input_data(input_data);
+
     if (context_->use_gpu()) {
       /* For main thread rendering in background mode, blocking rendering, or when we do not have a
        * render system GPU context, use the DRW context directly, while for threaded rendering when
@@ -651,8 +653,6 @@ class RealtimeCompositor {
       }
     }
 
-    context_->update_input_data(input_data);
-
     /* Always recreate the evaluator, as this only runs on compositing node changes and
      * there is no reason to cache this. Unlike the viewport where it helps for navigation. */
     {