diff --git a/source/blender/draw/DRW_engine.hh b/source/blender/draw/DRW_engine.hh
index 0ed2ad62744..e039d75a504 100644
--- a/source/blender/draw/DRW_engine.hh
+++ b/source/blender/draw/DRW_engine.hh
@@ -132,13 +132,20 @@ void DRW_render_gpencil(RenderEngine *engine, Depsgraph *depsgraph);
 void DRW_render_context_enable(Render *render);
 void DRW_render_context_disable(Render *render);
 
+void DRW_mutexes_init();
+void DRW_mutexes_exit();
+
+/* Mutex to lock the drw manager and avoid concurrent context usage.
+ * Equivalent to the old DST lock.
+ * Brought back to 4.5 due to unforeseen issues causing data races and race conditions with Images
+ * and GPUTextures. (See #141253) */
+void DRW_lock_start();
+void DRW_lock_end();
+
 /* Critical section for GPUShader usage. Can be removed when we have threadsafe GPUShader class. */
 void DRW_submission_start();
 void DRW_submission_end();
 
-void DRW_submission_mutex_init();
-void DRW_submission_mutex_exit();
-
 void DRW_gpu_context_create();
 void DRW_gpu_context_destroy();
 /**
diff --git a/source/blender/draw/engines/eevee/eevee_material.cc b/source/blender/draw/engines/eevee/eevee_material.cc
index 22f153b9a53..025663485c3 100644
--- a/source/blender/draw/engines/eevee/eevee_material.cc
+++ b/source/blender/draw/engines/eevee/eevee_material.cc
@@ -209,13 +209,17 @@ void MaterialModule::end_sync()
     for (auto i : range) {
       GPUMaterialTexture *tex = texture_loading_queue_[i];
       ImageUser *iuser = tex->iuser_available ? &tex->iuser : nullptr;
-      BKE_image_tag_time(tex->ima);
       BKE_image_get_tile(tex->ima, 0);
       ImBuf *imbuf = BKE_image_acquire_ibuf(tex->ima, iuser, nullptr);
       BKE_image_release_ibuf(tex->ima, imbuf, nullptr);
     }
   });
 
+  /* Tag time is not thread-safe. */
+  for (GPUMaterialTexture *tex : texture_loading_queue_) {
+    BKE_image_tag_time(tex->ima);
+  }
+
   /* Upload to the GPU (create GPUTexture). This part still requires a valid GPU context and
    * is not easily parallelized. */
   for (GPUMaterialTexture *tex : texture_loading_queue_) {
diff --git a/source/blender/draw/intern/draw_gpu_context.cc b/source/blender/draw/intern/draw_gpu_context.cc
index 6b55bfa644a..70b579b6c03 100644
--- a/source/blender/draw/intern/draw_gpu_context.cc
+++ b/source/blender/draw/intern/draw_gpu_context.cc
@@ -28,18 +28,33 @@
  * between render engine instances, we cannot allow pass submissions in a concurrent manner.
  * \{ */
 
+static TicketMutex *draw_mutex = nullptr;
 static TicketMutex *submission_mutex = nullptr;
 
-void DRW_submission_mutex_init()
+void DRW_mutexes_init()
 {
+  draw_mutex = BLI_ticket_mutex_alloc();
   submission_mutex = BLI_ticket_mutex_alloc();
 }
 
-void DRW_submission_mutex_exit()
+void DRW_mutexes_exit()
 {
+  BLI_ticket_mutex_free(draw_mutex);
   BLI_ticket_mutex_free(submission_mutex);
 }
 
+void DRW_lock_start()
+{
+  bool locked = BLI_ticket_mutex_lock_check_recursive(draw_mutex);
+  BLI_assert(locked);
+  UNUSED_VARS_NDEBUG(locked);
+}
+
+void DRW_lock_end()
+{
+  BLI_ticket_mutex_unlock(draw_mutex);
+}
+
 void DRW_submission_start()
 {
   bool locked = BLI_ticket_mutex_lock_check_recursive(submission_mutex);
@@ -95,6 +110,7 @@ class ContextShared {
 
   void enable()
   {
+    DRW_lock_start();
     /* IMPORTANT: We don't support immediate mode in render mode!
      * This shall remain in effect until immediate mode supports
      * multiple threads. */
@@ -124,6 +140,7 @@ class ContextShared {
     GPU_render_end();
 
     BLI_ticket_mutex_unlock(mutex_);
+    DRW_lock_end();
   }
 };
 
@@ -145,7 +162,7 @@ void DRW_gpu_context_create()
 {
   BLI_assert(viewport_context == nullptr); /* Ensure it's called once */
 
-  DRW_submission_mutex_init();
+  DRW_mutexes_init();
 
   viewport_context = MEM_new<ContextShared>(__func__);
   preview_context = MEM_new<ContextShared>(__func__);
@@ -164,7 +181,7 @@ void DRW_gpu_context_destroy()
   if (viewport_context == nullptr) {
     return;
   }
-  DRW_submission_mutex_exit();
+  DRW_mutexes_exit();
 
   MEM_SAFE_DELETE(viewport_context);
   MEM_SAFE_DELETE(preview_context);
@@ -237,12 +254,14 @@ void DRW_system_gpu_render_context_enable(void *re_system_gpu_context)
   /* If thread is main you should use DRW_gpu_context_enable(). */
   BLI_assert(!BLI_thread_is_main());
 
+  DRW_lock_start();
   WM_system_gpu_context_activate(re_system_gpu_context);
 }
 
 void DRW_system_gpu_render_context_disable(void *re_system_gpu_context)
 {
   WM_system_gpu_context_release(re_system_gpu_context);
+  DRW_lock_end();
 }
 
 void DRW_blender_gpu_render_context_enable(void *re_gpu_context)
@@ -346,6 +365,7 @@ void DRW_xr_drawing_begin()
 {
   /* XXX: See comment on #DRW_system_gpu_context_get(). */
 
+  DRW_lock_start();
   BLI_ticket_mutex_lock(viewport_context->mutex_);
 }
 
@@ -354,6 +374,7 @@ void DRW_xr_drawing_end()
   /* XXX: See comment on #DRW_system_gpu_context_get(). */
 
   BLI_ticket_mutex_unlock(viewport_context->mutex_);
+  DRW_lock_end();
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/source/blender/draw/tests/draw_testing.cc b/source/blender/draw/tests/draw_testing.cc
index 86f541f4191..a21fd5c5958 100644
--- a/source/blender/draw/tests/draw_testing.cc
+++ b/source/blender/draw/tests/draw_testing.cc
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ namespace blender::draw {
 void DrawOpenGLTest::SetUp()
 {
   GPUOpenGLTest::SetUp();
-  DRW_submission_mutex_init();
+  DRW_mutexes_init();
 }
 
 void DrawOpenGLTest::TearDown()
 {
-  DRW_submission_mutex_exit();
+  DRW_mutexes_exit();
   GPUOpenGLTest::TearDown();
 }
 #endif
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ void DrawOpenGLTest::TearDown()
 void DrawMetalTest::SetUp()
 {
   GPUMetalTest::SetUp();
-  DRW_submission_mutex_init();
+  DRW_mutexes_init();
 }
 
 void DrawMetalTest::TearDown()
 {
-  DRW_submission_mutex_exit();
+  DRW_mutexes_exit();
   GPUMetalTest::TearDown();
 }
 #endif
@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ void DrawMetalTest::TearDown()
 void DrawVulkanTest::SetUp()
 {
   GPUVulkanTest::SetUp();
-  DRW_submission_mutex_init();
+  DRW_mutexes_init();
 }
 
 void DrawVulkanTest::TearDown()
 {
-  DRW_submission_mutex_exit();
+  DRW_mutexes_exit();
   GPUVulkanTest::TearDown();
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/tests/python/compositor_render_tests.py b/tests/python/compositor_render_tests.py
index 3d579f8bdac..1d180bda1cb 100644
--- a/tests/python/compositor_render_tests.py
+++ b/tests/python/compositor_render_tests.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015-2022 Blender Authors
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015-2025 Blender Authors
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def get_compositor_device_setter_script(execution_device):
     return f"import bpy; bpy.data.scenes[0].render.compositor_device = '{execution_device}'"
 
 
-def get_arguments(filepath, output_filepath, execution_device):
+def get_arguments(filepath, output_filepath, backend):
     arguments = [
         "--background",
         "--factory-startup",
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ def get_arguments(filepath, output_filepath, execution_device):
         "--debug-memory",
         "--debug-exit-on-error"]
 
+    execution_device = "CPU"
+    if backend != "CPU":
+        execution_device = "GPU"
+        arguments.extend(["--gpu-backend", backend])
+
     arguments.extend([
         filepath,
         "-P", os.path.realpath(__file__),
@@ -56,8 +61,8 @@ def main():
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     from modules import render_report
-    execution_device = "GPU" if args.gpu_backend else "CPU"
-    report_title = f"Compositor {execution_device}"
+    backend = args.gpu_backend if args.gpu_backend else "CPU"
+    report_title = f"Compositor {backend.upper()}"
     report = render_report.Report(report_title, args.outdir, args.oiiotool)
     report.set_pixelated(True)
     report.set_reference_dir("compositor_renders")
@@ -73,7 +78,7 @@ def main():
         report.set_fail_threshold(0.06)
         report.set_fail_percent(2)
 
-    def arguments_callback(filepath, output_filepath): return get_arguments(filepath, output_filepath, execution_device)
+    def arguments_callback(filepath, output_filepath): return get_arguments(filepath, output_filepath, backend)
     ok = report.run(args.testdir, args.blender, arguments_callback, batch=args.batch)
 
     sys.exit(not ok)