diff --git a/lottie/src/main/java/com/airbnb/lottie/LottieAnimationView.java b/lottie/src/main/java/com/airbnb/lottie/LottieAnimationView.java
index 224c6b1763..3c736abd7e 100644
--- a/lottie/src/main/java/com/airbnb/lottie/LottieAnimationView.java
+++ b/lottie/src/main/java/com/airbnb/lottie/LottieAnimationView.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 import android.text.TextUtils;
 import android.util.AttributeSet;
 import android.util.Log;
-
 import androidx.annotation.AttrRes;
 import androidx.annotation.DrawableRes;
 import androidx.annotation.FloatRange;
@@ -26,7 +25,6 @@
 import androidx.annotation.RequiresApi;
 import androidx.appcompat.content.res.AppCompatResources;
 import androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatImageView;
-
 import com.airbnb.lottie.model.KeyPath;
 import com.airbnb.lottie.utils.Logger;
 import com.airbnb.lottie.utils.Utils;
@@ -36,7 +34,6 @@
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.PushbackInputStream;
 import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -609,6 +606,10 @@ public void setFallbackResource(@DrawableRes int fallbackResource) {
   }
 
   private void setCompositionTask(LottieTask<LottieComposition> compositionTask) {
+    LottieResult<LottieComposition> result = compositionTask.getResult();
+    if (result != null && result.getValue() == composition) {
+      return;
+    }
     userActionsTaken.add(UserActionTaken.SET_ANIMATION);
     clearComposition();
     cancelLoaderTask();
diff --git a/lottie/src/main/java/com/airbnb/lottie/LottieCompositionFactory.java b/lottie/src/main/java/com/airbnb/lottie/LottieCompositionFactory.java
index 42d9630d35..7b0f9e7706 100644
--- a/lottie/src/main/java/com/airbnb/lottie/LottieCompositionFactory.java
+++ b/lottie/src/main/java/com/airbnb/lottie/LottieCompositionFactory.java
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ private static LottieTask<LottieComposition> cache(@Nullable final String cacheK
     LottieTask<LottieComposition> task = null;
     final LottieComposition cachedComposition = cacheKey == null ? null : LottieCompositionCache.getInstance().get(cacheKey);
     if (cachedComposition != null) {
-      task = new LottieTask<>(() -> new LottieResult<>(cachedComposition));
+      task = new LottieTask<>(cachedComposition);
     }
     if (cacheKey != null && taskCache.containsKey(cacheKey)) {
       task = taskCache.get(cacheKey);
diff --git a/lottie/src/main/java/com/airbnb/lottie/LottieTask.java b/lottie/src/main/java/com/airbnb/lottie/LottieTask.java
index 6d1ae568e0..831c93f2f4 100644
--- a/lottie/src/main/java/com/airbnb/lottie/LottieTask.java
+++ b/lottie/src/main/java/com/airbnb/lottie/LottieTask.java
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
  * <p>
  * A task will produce a single result or a single failure.
  */
-@SuppressWarnings("UnusedReturnValue") public class LottieTask<T> {
+@SuppressWarnings("UnusedReturnValue")
+public class LottieTask<T> {
 
   /**
    * Set this to change the executor that LottieTasks are run on. This will be the executor that composition parsing and url
@@ -48,6 +49,10 @@ public LottieTask(Callable<LottieResult<T>> runnable) {
     this(runnable, false);
   }
 
+  public LottieTask(T result) {
+    setResult(new LottieResult<>(result));
+  }
+
   /**
    * runNow is only used for testing.
    */
@@ -124,6 +129,11 @@ public synchronized LottieTask<T> removeFailureListener(LottieListener<Throwable
     return this;
   }
 
+  @Nullable
+  public LottieResult<T> getResult() {
+    return result;
+  }
+
   private void notifyListeners() {
     // Listeners should be called on the main thread.
     handler.post(() -> {