diff --git a/source/blender/depsgraph/intern/depsgraph_eval.cc b/source/blender/depsgraph/intern/depsgraph_eval.cc
index f519fe76724..55241d03e94 100644
--- a/source/blender/depsgraph/intern/depsgraph_eval.cc
+++ b/source/blender/depsgraph/intern/depsgraph_eval.cc
@@ -86,5 +86,5 @@ void DEG_evaluate_on_framechange(Main *bmain, Depsgraph *graph, float ctime)
 bool DEG_needs_eval(Depsgraph *graph)
 {
   DEG::Depsgraph *deg_graph = reinterpret_cast<DEG::Depsgraph *>(graph);
-  return BLI_gset_len(deg_graph->entry_tags) != 0;
+  return BLI_gset_len(deg_graph->entry_tags) != 0 || deg_graph->need_update_time;
 }