diff --git a/source/blender/imbuf/intern/allocimbuf.cc b/source/blender/imbuf/intern/allocimbuf.cc
index ad70196a8c8..1c5f9ab5b79 100644
--- a/source/blender/imbuf/intern/allocimbuf.cc
+++ b/source/blender/imbuf/intern/allocimbuf.cc
@@ -635,6 +635,10 @@ ImBuf *IMB_dupImBuf(const ImBuf *ibuf1)
   tbuf.display_buffer_flags = nullptr;
   tbuf.colormanage_cache = nullptr;
 
+  /* GPU textures can not be easily copied, as it is not guaranteed that this function is called
+   * from within an active GPU context. */
+  tbuf.gpu.texture = nullptr;
+
   *ibuf2 = tbuf;
 
   return ibuf2;