diff --git a/source/blender/depsgraph/intern/builder/deg_builder_relations.cc b/source/blender/depsgraph/intern/builder/deg_builder_relations.cc
index 480a9d60805..ca4f3ef2657 100644
--- a/source/blender/depsgraph/intern/builder/deg_builder_relations.cc
+++ b/source/blender/depsgraph/intern/builder/deg_builder_relations.cc
@@ -119,20 +119,30 @@ namespace blender::deg {
 
 namespace {
 
-bool driver_target_depends_on_time(const DriverTarget *target)
+bool is_time_dependent_scene_driver_target(const DriverTarget *target)
 {
-  if (target->idtype == ID_SCE &&
-      (target->rna_path != nullptr && STREQ(target->rna_path, "frame_current")))
+  return target->rna_path != nullptr && STREQ(target->rna_path, "frame_current");
+}
+
+bool driver_target_depends_on_time(const DriverVar *variable, const DriverTarget *target)
+{
+  if (variable->type == DVAR_TYPE_CONTEXT_PROP &&
+      target->context_property == DTAR_CONTEXT_PROPERTY_ACTIVE_SCENE)
   {
-    return true;
+    return is_time_dependent_scene_driver_target(target);
   }
+
+  if (target->idtype == ID_SCE) {
+    return is_time_dependent_scene_driver_target(target);
+  }
+
   return false;
 }
 
 bool driver_variable_depends_on_time(const DriverVar *variable)
 {
   for (int i = 0; i < variable->num_targets; ++i) {
-    if (driver_target_depends_on_time(&variable->targets[i])) {
+    if (driver_target_depends_on_time(variable, &variable->targets[i])) {
       return true;
     }
   }