diff --git a/src/modules/evas/engines/gl_x11/evas_engine.c b/src/modules/evas/engines/gl_x11/evas_engine.c
index 3ca24521a2..b40dcbb14e 100644
--- a/src/modules/evas/engines/gl_x11/evas_engine.c
+++ b/src/modules/evas/engines/gl_x11/evas_engine.c
@@ -3080,6 +3080,8 @@ eng_image_cache_flush(void *data)
 
    re = (Render_Engine *)data;
 
+   if (re) eng_window_use(re->win);
+
    tmp_size = evas_common_image_get_cache();
    evas_common_image_set_cache(0);
    evas_common_rgba_image_scalecache_flush();
@@ -3093,6 +3095,9 @@ eng_image_cache_set(void *data, int bytes)
    Render_Engine *re;
 
    re = (Render_Engine *)data;
+
+   if (re) eng_window_use(re->win);
+
    evas_common_image_set_cache(bytes);
    evas_common_rgba_image_scalecache_size_set(bytes);
    evas_gl_common_image_cache_flush(re->win->gl_context);