diff --git a/core-bundle/src/Image/Studio/ImageResult.php b/core-bundle/src/Image/Studio/ImageResult.php
index bda99c4e5a2..31ab9a247a5 100644
--- a/core-bundle/src/Image/Studio/ImageResult.php
+++ b/core-bundle/src/Image/Studio/ImageResult.php
@@ -154,12 +154,6 @@ public function getFilePath($absolute = false): string
      */
     public function createIfDeferred(): void
     {
-        $resizer = $this->resizer();
-
-        if (!$resizer instanceof DeferredResizerInterface) {
-            throw new \RuntimeException('The "contao.image.resizer" service does not support deferred resizing.');
-        }
-
         $picture = $this->getPicture();
 
         $array_flatten = static function (array $array): array {
@@ -187,6 +181,16 @@ static function ($image): bool {
             $array_flatten(array_map($findDeferredImages, $picture->getSources()))
         );
 
+        if (empty($deferredImages)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $resizer = $this->resizer();
+
+        if (!$resizer instanceof DeferredResizerInterface) {
+            throw new \RuntimeException('The "contao.image.resizer" service does not support deferred resizing.');
+        }
+
         $resizedPaths = [];
 
         /** @var DeferredImageInterface $deferredImage */
diff --git a/core-bundle/tests/Image/Studio/ImageResultTest.php b/core-bundle/tests/Image/Studio/ImageResultTest.php
index 2f6008d299d..27c1891c54b 100644
--- a/core-bundle/tests/Image/Studio/ImageResultTest.php
+++ b/core-bundle/tests/Image/Studio/ImageResultTest.php
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 use Contao\CoreBundle\Image\Studio\ImageResult;
 use Contao\CoreBundle\Tests\TestCase;
 use Contao\Image\DeferredImage;
+use Contao\Image\DeferredImageInterface;
 use Contao\Image\DeferredResizerInterface;
 use Contao\Image\Image;
 use Contao\Image\ImageDimensions;
@@ -200,7 +201,6 @@ public function testGetFilePathFromImageResource(): void
      */
     public function testCreateIfDeferred(array $img, array $sources, array $expectedDeferredImages): void
     {
-        /** @var PictureInterface&MockObject $picture */
         $picture = $this->createMock(PictureInterface::class);
         $picture
             ->expects($this->once())
@@ -342,7 +342,26 @@ public function provideDeferredImages(): \Generator
 
     public function testCreateIfDeferredFailsWithoutDeferredResizer(): void
     {
+        $picture = $this->createMock(PictureInterface::class);
+        $picture
+            ->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('getSources')
+            ->with()
+            ->willReturn([])
+        ;
+
+        $picture
+            ->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('getImg')
+            ->with()
+            ->willReturn(['src' => $this->createMock(DeferredImageInterface::class)])
+        ;
+
         $pictureFactory = $this->createMock(PictureFactoryInterface::class);
+        $pictureFactory
+            ->method('create')
+            ->willReturn($picture)
+        ;
 
         $nonDeferredResizer = $this->createMock(Resizer::class);
 
@@ -363,6 +382,45 @@ public function testCreateIfDeferredFailsWithoutDeferredResizer(): void
         $imageResult->createIfDeferred();
     }
 
+    public function testCreateIfDeferredDoesNotFailWithoutDeferredResizerIfThereAreNoDeferredImages(): void
+    {
+        $picture = $this->createMock(PictureInterface::class);
+        $picture
+            ->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('getSources')
+            ->with()
+            ->willReturn([])
+        ;
+
+        $picture
+            ->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('getImg')
+            ->with()
+            ->willReturn([])
+        ;
+
+        $pictureFactory = $this->createMock(PictureFactoryInterface::class);
+        $pictureFactory
+            ->method('create')
+            ->willReturn($picture)
+        ;
+
+        $nonDeferredResizer = $this->createMock(Resizer::class);
+
+        $locator = $this->createMock(ContainerInterface::class);
+        $locator
+            ->method('get')
+            ->willReturnMap([
+                ['contao.image.picture_factory', $pictureFactory],
+                ['contao.image.resizer', $nonDeferredResizer],
+            ])
+        ;
+
+        $imageResult = new ImageResult($locator, '/project/dir', '/project/dir/image.jpg');
+
+        $imageResult->createIfDeferred();
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return PictureFactoryInterface&MockObject
      */