diff --git a/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/CHANGELOG.md b/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/CHANGELOG.md
index c3d10bcfcb9..751ae31c62f 100644
--- a/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 - Display a warning help box when decal atlas is out of size.
 - Moved the HDRP render graph debug panel content to the Rendering debug panel.
 - Changed Path Tracing's maximum intensity from clamped (0 to 100) to positive value (case 1310514).
+- Avoid unnecessary RenderGraphBuilder.ReadTexture in the "Set Final Target" pass
 
 ## [11.0.0] - 2020-10-21
 
diff --git a/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Runtime/RenderPipeline/HDRenderPipeline.RenderGraph.cs b/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Runtime/RenderPipeline/HDRenderPipeline.RenderGraph.cs
index 4eac989018f..65f333d4f2a 100644
--- a/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Runtime/RenderPipeline/HDRenderPipeline.RenderGraph.cs
+++ b/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Runtime/RenderPipeline/HDRenderPipeline.RenderGraph.cs
@@ -411,11 +411,15 @@ void SetFinalTarget(RenderGraph renderGraph, HDCamera hdCamera, TextureHandle de
                 passData.copyDepth = passData.copyDepth || hdCamera.isMainGameView; // Specific case of Debug.DrawLine and Debug.Ray
 #endif
                 passData.copyDepth = passData.copyDepth && !hdCamera.xr.enabled;
-                passData.copyDepthMaterial = m_CopyDepth;
                 passData.finalTarget = builder.WriteTexture(finalTarget);
                 passData.finalViewport = hdCamera.finalViewport;
-                passData.depthBuffer = builder.ReadTexture(depthBuffer);
-                passData.flipY = hdCamera.isMainGameView;
+
+                if (passData.copyDepth)
+                {
+                    passData.depthBuffer = builder.ReadTexture(depthBuffer);
+                    passData.flipY = hdCamera.isMainGameView;
+                    passData.copyDepthMaterial = m_CopyDepth;
+                }
 
                 builder.SetRenderFunc(
                     (SetFinalTargetPassData data, RenderGraphContext ctx) =>