diff --git a/src/framework/cl/cl_image.h b/src/framework/cl/cl_image.h
index 6e7a229ae4b6d42291be7df43eb1573f94a9092c..1c5da6146d484e9aaa712da019d5573d116fe0e5 100644
--- a/src/framework/cl/cl_image.h
+++ b/src/framework/cl/cl_image.h
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ class CLImage {
     cl_int err;
     cl_image_ = clCreateImage2D(
         context,                                   // cl_context context
-        CL_MEM_READ_WRITE | CL_MEM_COPY_HOST_PTR,  // cl_mem_flags flags
+        CL_MEM_READ_WRITE | (imageData ? CL_MEM_COPY_HOST_PTR : 0),  // cl_mem_flags flags
         &cf,     // const cl_image_format *image_format
         width,   // size_t image_width
         height,  // size_t image_height