diff --git a/panda/src/gobj/textureReloadRequest.cxx b/panda/src/gobj/textureReloadRequest.cxx
index b63acb6090..af6454c33a 100644
--- a/panda/src/gobj/textureReloadRequest.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/gobj/textureReloadRequest.cxx
@@ -22,28 +22,34 @@ TypeHandle TextureReloadRequest::_type_handle;
 AsyncTask::DoneStatus TextureReloadRequest::
 do_task() {
   // Don't reload the texture if it doesn't need it.
-  if (_texture->was_image_modified(_pgo)) {
-    double delay = async_load_delay;
-    if (delay != 0.0) {
-      Thread::sleep(delay);
-    }
+  if (!_texture->was_image_modified(_pgo) &&
+      (_allow_compressed ? _texture->has_ram_image() : _texture->has_uncompressed_ram_image())) {
+    return DS_done;
+  }
 
-    if (_texture->was_image_modified(_pgo)) {
-      if (_allow_compressed) {
-        _texture->get_ram_image();
-      } else {
-        _texture->get_uncompressed_ram_image();
-      }
+  double delay = async_load_delay;
+  if (delay != 0.0) {
+    Thread::sleep(delay);
 
-      // Now that we've loaded the texture, we should ensure it actually gets
-      // prepared--even if it's no longer visible in the frame--or it may
-      // become a kind of a leak (if the texture is never rendered again on
-      // this GSG, we'll just end up carrying the texture memory in RAM
-      // forever, instead of dumping it as soon as it gets prepared).
-      _pgo->enqueue_texture(_texture);
+    if (!_texture->was_image_modified(_pgo) &&
+        (_allow_compressed ? _texture->has_ram_image() : _texture->has_uncompressed_ram_image())) {
+      return DS_done;
     }
   }
 
+  if (_allow_compressed) {
+    _texture->get_ram_image();
+  } else {
+    _texture->get_uncompressed_ram_image();
+  }
+
+  // Now that we've loaded the texture, we should ensure it actually gets
+  // prepared--even if it's no longer visible in the frame--or it may become a
+  // kind of a leak (if the texture is never rendered again on this GSG, we'll
+  // just end up carrying the texture memory in RAM forever, instead of dumping
+  // it as soon as it gets prepared).
+  _pgo->enqueue_texture(_texture);
+
   // Don't continue the task; we're done.
   return DS_done;
 }