diff --git a/src/modules/evas/engines/gl_common/evas_gl_image.c b/src/modules/evas/engines/gl_common/evas_gl_image.c
index 37de0ba068..41806c1ea6 100644
--- a/src/modules/evas/engines/gl_common/evas_gl_image.c
+++ b/src/modules/evas/engines/gl_common/evas_gl_image.c
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ evas_gl_common_image_free(Evas_GL_Image *im)
      {
         if (!im->cs.no_free) free(im->cs.data);
      }
-   if (im->cached)
+   if (im->cached && im->gc)
      {
         if (_evas_gl_image_cache_add(im)) return;
      }