diff --git a/src/core/evaluator.js b/src/core/evaluator.js
index 017e5ae8a..4c28cc6b6 100644
--- a/src/core/evaluator.js
+++ b/src/core/evaluator.js
@@ -2515,6 +2515,15 @@ class PartialEvaluator {
                     return;
                   }
 
+                  const globalImage = self.globalImageCache.getData(
+                    xobj,
+                    self.pageIndex
+                  );
+                  if (globalImage) {
+                    resolveXObject();
+                    return;
+                  }
+
                   xobj = xref.fetch(xobj);
                 }
 
diff --git a/src/core/image_utils.js b/src/core/image_utils.js
index 5625f5b08..17ae9bf7c 100644
--- a/src/core/image_utils.js
+++ b/src/core/image_utils.js
@@ -247,13 +247,14 @@ class GlobalImageCache {
     if (pageIndexSet.size < GlobalImageCache.NUM_PAGES_THRESHOLD) {
       return null;
     }
-    if (!this._imageCache.has(ref)) {
+    const imageData = this._imageCache.get(ref);
+    if (!imageData) {
       return null;
     }
     // Ensure that we keep track of all pages containing the image reference.
     pageIndexSet.add(pageIndex);
 
-    return this._imageCache.get(ref);
+    return imageData;
   }
 
   setData(ref, data) {