diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/blendfile.cc b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/blendfile.cc
index 60c9cbef624..07de8703a2d 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/blendfile.cc
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/blendfile.cc
@@ -929,9 +929,11 @@ static void setup_app_data(bContext *C,
     mode = LOAD_UI;
   }
 
-  /* Free all render results, without this stale data gets displayed after loading files */
+  /* Free all render results and interactive compositor renders, without this stale data gets
+   * displayed after loading files */
   if (mode != LOAD_UNDO) {
     RE_FreeAllRenderResults();
+    RE_FreeInteractiveCompositorRenders();
   }
 
   /* Only make file-paths compatible when loading for real (not undo). */
diff --git a/source/blender/render/RE_pipeline.h b/source/blender/render/RE_pipeline.h
index bbe14b4e225..4e688e920a2 100644
--- a/source/blender/render/RE_pipeline.h
+++ b/source/blender/render/RE_pipeline.h
@@ -194,6 +194,11 @@ void RE_FreeViewRender(struct ViewRender *view_render);
  */
 void RE_FreeAllRender(void);
 
+/**
+ * On file load, free all interactive compositor renders.
+ */
+void RE_FreeInteractiveCompositorRenders(void);
+
 /**
  * On file load, free render results.
  */
diff --git a/source/blender/render/intern/pipeline.cc b/source/blender/render/intern/pipeline.cc
index e48c22eb07c..519b3ade548 100644
--- a/source/blender/render/intern/pipeline.cc
+++ b/source/blender/render/intern/pipeline.cc
@@ -613,10 +613,7 @@ void RE_FreeAllRender()
     RE_FreeRender(static_cast<Render *>(RenderGlobal.render_list.front()));
   }
 
-  for (Render *render : RenderGlobal.interactive_compositor_renders.values()) {
-    RE_FreeRender(render);
-  }
-  RenderGlobal.interactive_compositor_renders.clear();
+  RE_FreeInteractiveCompositorRenders();
 
 #ifdef WITH_FREESTYLE
   /* finalize Freestyle */
@@ -624,6 +621,14 @@ void RE_FreeAllRender()
 #endif
 }
 
+void RE_FreeInteractiveCompositorRenders()
+{
+  for (Render *render : RenderGlobal.interactive_compositor_renders.values()) {
+    RE_FreeRender(render);
+  }
+  RenderGlobal.interactive_compositor_renders.clear();
+}
+
 void RE_FreeAllRenderResults()
 {
   for (Render *re : RenderGlobal.render_list) {