diff --git a/app/core/gimpdrawablefilter.c b/app/core/gimpdrawablefilter.c
index 4ee6141daf..2b16adedf2 100644
--- a/app/core/gimpdrawablefilter.c
+++ b/app/core/gimpdrawablefilter.c
@@ -1331,12 +1331,13 @@ gimp_drawable_filter_layer_mask_freeze (GimpDrawableFilter *filter)
                                         filter);
 }
 
-void gimp_drawable_filter_refresh_crop (GimpDrawableFilter *filter,
-                                        GeglRectangle      *rect)
+void
+gimp_drawable_filter_refresh_crop (GimpDrawableFilter *filter,
+                                   GeglRectangle      *rect)
 {
   g_return_if_fail (GIMP_IS_DRAWABLE_FILTER (filter));
 
-  if (rect)
+  if (rect && filter->crop_enabled)
     {
       /* Some filters have built-in width/height properties that limit
        * the buffer size. If they have one in those roles, we can update