diff --git a/source/blender/editors/sculpt_paint/sculpt_cloth.cc b/source/blender/editors/sculpt_paint/sculpt_cloth.cc
index 5dde54acc65..3d8ece2843f 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/sculpt_paint/sculpt_cloth.cc
+++ b/source/blender/editors/sculpt_paint/sculpt_cloth.cc
@@ -2431,7 +2431,9 @@ static wmOperatorStatus sculpt_cloth_filter_invoke(bContext *C,
                      RNA_float_get(op->ptr, "area_normal_radius"),
                      RNA_float_get(op->ptr, "strength"));
 
-  auto_mask::filter_cache_ensure(*depsgraph, sd, ob);
+  if (auto_mask::is_enabled(sd, ob, nullptr)) {
+    auto_mask::filter_cache_ensure(*depsgraph, sd, ob);
+  }
 
   const float cloth_mass = RNA_float_get(op->ptr, "cloth_mass");
   const float cloth_damping = RNA_float_get(op->ptr, "cloth_damping");
diff --git a/source/blender/editors/sculpt_paint/sculpt_filter_color.cc b/source/blender/editors/sculpt_paint/sculpt_filter_color.cc
index fed53d9ce4a..16e0807fce0 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/sculpt_paint/sculpt_filter_color.cc
+++ b/source/blender/editors/sculpt_paint/sculpt_filter_color.cc
@@ -509,7 +509,9 @@ static int sculpt_color_filter_init(bContext *C, wmOperator *op)
   const SculptSession &ss = *ob.sculpt;
   filter::Cache *filter_cache = ss.filter_cache;
   filter_cache->active_face_set = SCULPT_FACE_SET_NONE;
-  auto_mask::filter_cache_ensure(*depsgraph, sd, ob);
+  if (auto_mask::is_enabled(sd, ob, nullptr)) {
+    auto_mask::filter_cache_ensure(*depsgraph, sd, ob);
+  }
 
   return OPERATOR_PASS_THROUGH;
 }
diff --git a/source/blender/editors/sculpt_paint/sculpt_filter_mesh.cc b/source/blender/editors/sculpt_paint/sculpt_filter_mesh.cc
index a9bdec6f0e6..f9a63c5d49e 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/sculpt_paint/sculpt_filter_mesh.cc
+++ b/source/blender/editors/sculpt_paint/sculpt_filter_mesh.cc
@@ -2439,7 +2439,9 @@ static wmOperatorStatus sculpt_mesh_filter_start(bContext *C, wmOperator *op)
 
   filter::Cache *filter_cache = ss.filter_cache;
   filter_cache->active_face_set = SCULPT_FACE_SET_NONE;
-  auto_mask::filter_cache_ensure(*depsgraph, sd, ob);
+  if (auto_mask::is_enabled(sd, ob, nullptr)) {
+    auto_mask::filter_cache_ensure(*depsgraph, sd, ob);
+  }
 
   sculpt_filter_specific_init(*depsgraph, filter_type, op, ob);