diff --git a/src/modules/evas/engines/gl_generic/evas_engine.c b/src/modules/evas/engines/gl_generic/evas_engine.c
index 03429d253c..d7ea450221 100644
--- a/src/modules/evas/engines/gl_generic/evas_engine.c
+++ b/src/modules/evas/engines/gl_generic/evas_engine.c
@@ -1076,6 +1076,7 @@ eng_image_data_preload_request(void *data, void *image, const Eo *target)
         re->window_use(re->software.ob);
         gl_context = re->window_gl_context_get(re->software.ob);
         gim->tex = evas_gl_common_texture_new(gl_context, gim->im, EINA_FALSE);
+        im->cache_entry.flags.updated_data = 1;
      }
    evas_gl_preload_target_register(gim->tex, (Eo*) target);
 }