diff --git a/src/modules/evas/engines/gl_common/evas_gl_texture.c b/src/modules/evas/engines/gl_common/evas_gl_texture.c
index cbd57b21aa..76bde1246d 100644
--- a/src/modules/evas/engines/gl_common/evas_gl_texture.c
+++ b/src/modules/evas/engines/gl_common/evas_gl_texture.c
@@ -807,8 +807,6 @@ evas_gl_common_texture_update(Evas_GL_Texture *tex, RGBA_Image *im)
 {
    GLuint fmt;
 
-   if (!im->cache_entry.flags.loaded) return;
-
    if (tex->alpha != im->cache_entry.flags.alpha)
      {
         int lformat;