diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/modules/engines/software_generic/evas_engine.c b/legacy/evas/src/modules/engines/software_generic/evas_engine.c
index bfb061c89e..e166bec93e 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/modules/engines/software_generic/evas_engine.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/modules/engines/software_generic/evas_engine.c
@@ -523,6 +523,10 @@ eng_image_can_region_get(void *data __UNUSED__, void *image)
 {
    Image_Entry *im;
    if (!image) return EINA_FALSE;
+#ifdef EVAS_CSERVE2
+   if (evas_cserve2_use_get())
+     return EINA_FALSE;
+#endif
    im = image;
    return ((Evas_Image_Load_Func*) im->info.loader)->do_region;
 }