diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/lib/cache/evas_cache_image.c b/legacy/evas/src/lib/cache/evas_cache_image.c
index 17d409720a..534130de08 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/lib/cache/evas_cache_image.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/lib/cache/evas_cache_image.c
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ _evas_cache_image_async_heavy(void *data)
    current->channel++;
    cache = current->cache;
 
-   if (!current->flags.loaded)
+   if (!current->flags.loaded && ((Evas_Image_Load_Func*) current->info.module)->threadable)
      {
 	error = cache->func.load(current);
 	if (cache->func.debug)
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ _evas_cache_image_async_end(void *data)
    ie->cache->pending = eina_list_remove(ie->cache->pending, ie);
 
    ie->preload = NULL;
-   ie->flags.preload_done = 1;
+   ie->flags.preload_done = ie->flags.loaded;
    while (ie->targets)
      {
 	tmp = ie->targets;
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ _evas_cache_image_entry_preload_add(Image_Entry *ie,
      {
         ie->cache->preload = eina_list_append(ie->cache->preload, ie);
         ie->flags.pending = 0;
-        
+
         ie->preload = evas_preload_thread_run(_evas_cache_image_async_heavy,
                                               _evas_cache_image_async_end,
                                               _evas_cache_image_async_cancel,
diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/lib/include/evas_private.h b/legacy/evas/src/lib/include/evas_private.h
index 154db590a5..8eda2f0716 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/lib/include/evas_private.h
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/lib/include/evas_private.h
@@ -707,6 +707,7 @@ struct _Evas_Func
 
 struct _Evas_Image_Load_Func
 {
+  Eina_Bool threadable;
   Eina_Bool (*file_head) (Image_Entry *ie, const char *file, const char *key, int *error);
   Eina_Bool (*file_data) (Image_Entry *ie, const char *file, const char *key, int *error);
 };
diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/modules/loaders/edb/evas_image_load_edb.c b/legacy/evas/src/modules/loaders/edb/evas_image_load_edb.c
index c3d6a59fa7..239a072dba 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/modules/loaders/edb/evas_image_load_edb.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/modules/loaders/edb/evas_image_load_edb.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ static Eina_Bool evas_image_load_file_data_edb(Image_Entry *ie, const char *file
 
 static Evas_Image_Load_Func evas_image_load_edb_func =
 {
+  EINA_TRUE,
   evas_image_load_file_head_edb,
   evas_image_load_file_data_edb
 };
diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/modules/loaders/eet/evas_image_load_eet.c b/legacy/evas/src/modules/loaders/eet/evas_image_load_eet.c
index 93fb5927da..0e6407a63d 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/modules/loaders/eet/evas_image_load_eet.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/modules/loaders/eet/evas_image_load_eet.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ static Eina_Bool evas_image_load_file_data_eet(Image_Entry *ie, const char *file
 
 Evas_Image_Load_Func evas_image_load_eet_func =
 {
+  EINA_TRUE,
   evas_image_load_file_head_eet,
   evas_image_load_file_data_eet
 };
diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/modules/loaders/gif/evas_image_load_gif.c b/legacy/evas/src/modules/loaders/gif/evas_image_load_gif.c
index 63485f2f8c..1bf75b93cb 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/modules/loaders/gif/evas_image_load_gif.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/modules/loaders/gif/evas_image_load_gif.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ static Eina_Bool evas_image_load_file_data_gif(Image_Entry *ie, const char *file
 
 static Evas_Image_Load_Func evas_image_load_gif_func =
 {
+  EINA_TRUE,
   evas_image_load_file_head_gif,
   evas_image_load_file_data_gif
 };
diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/modules/loaders/jpeg/evas_image_load_jpeg.c b/legacy/evas/src/modules/loaders/jpeg/evas_image_load_jpeg.c
index 560215f27e..b181a0ec5f 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/modules/loaders/jpeg/evas_image_load_jpeg.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/modules/loaders/jpeg/evas_image_load_jpeg.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ static Eina_Bool evas_image_load_file_data_jpeg(Image_Entry *ie, const char *fil
 
 static Evas_Image_Load_Func evas_image_load_jpeg_func =
 {
+  EINA_TRUE,
   evas_image_load_file_head_jpeg,
   evas_image_load_file_data_jpeg
 };
diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/modules/loaders/pmaps/evas_image_load_pmaps.c b/legacy/evas/src/modules/loaders/pmaps/evas_image_load_pmaps.c
index 0884058c30..4c7e709af5 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/modules/loaders/pmaps/evas_image_load_pmaps.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/modules/loaders/pmaps/evas_image_load_pmaps.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ static Eina_Bool evas_image_load_file_head_pmaps(Image_Entry *ie, const char *fi
 static Eina_Bool evas_image_load_file_data_pmaps(Image_Entry *ie, const char *file, const char *key, int *error) EINA_ARG_NONNULL(1, 2, 4);
 
 Evas_Image_Load_Func evas_image_load_pmaps_func = {
+   EINA_TRUE,
    evas_image_load_file_head_pmaps,
    evas_image_load_file_data_pmaps
 };
diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/modules/loaders/png/evas_image_load_png.c b/legacy/evas/src/modules/loaders/png/evas_image_load_png.c
index 2b88511342..e541a41ed5 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/modules/loaders/png/evas_image_load_png.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/modules/loaders/png/evas_image_load_png.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ static Eina_Bool evas_image_load_file_data_png(Image_Entry *ie, const char *file
 
 static Evas_Image_Load_Func evas_image_load_png_func =
 {
+  EINA_TRUE,
   evas_image_load_file_head_png,
   evas_image_load_file_data_png
 };
diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/modules/loaders/svg/evas_image_load_svg.c b/legacy/evas/src/modules/loaders/svg/evas_image_load_svg.c
index 75bbf31118..5e7e1f1957 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/modules/loaders/svg/evas_image_load_svg.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/modules/loaders/svg/evas_image_load_svg.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ static Eina_Bool evas_image_load_file_data_svg(Image_Entry *ie, const char *file
 
 Evas_Image_Load_Func evas_image_load_svg_func =
 {
+  EINA_FALSE,
   evas_image_load_file_head_svg,
   evas_image_load_file_data_svg
 };
diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/modules/loaders/tiff/evas_image_load_tiff.c b/legacy/evas/src/modules/loaders/tiff/evas_image_load_tiff.c
index 1428c278fa..57d0cfb74b 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/modules/loaders/tiff/evas_image_load_tiff.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/modules/loaders/tiff/evas_image_load_tiff.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ static Eina_Bool evas_image_load_file_data_tiff(Image_Entry *ie, const char *fil
 
 static Evas_Image_Load_Func evas_image_load_tiff_func =
 {
+  EINA_TRUE,
   evas_image_load_file_head_tiff,
   evas_image_load_file_data_tiff
 };
diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/modules/loaders/xpm/evas_image_load_xpm.c b/legacy/evas/src/modules/loaders/xpm/evas_image_load_xpm.c
index b7af63ed58..a4d353468d 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/modules/loaders/xpm/evas_image_load_xpm.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/modules/loaders/xpm/evas_image_load_xpm.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ static Eina_Bool evas_image_load_file_data_xpm(Image_Entry *ie, const char *file
 
 static Evas_Image_Load_Func evas_image_load_xpm_func =
 {
+  EINA_FALSE,
   evas_image_load_file_head_xpm,
   evas_image_load_file_data_xpm
 };