diff --git a/src/plasma/private/svg_p.h b/src/plasma/private/svg_p.h
--- a/src/plasma/private/svg_p.h
+++ b/src/plasma/private/svg_p.h
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@
     QHash<QString, QRectF> localRectCache;
     QHash<QString, QSize> elementsWithSizeHints;
     SharedSvgRenderer::Ptr renderer;
+    QString requestedPath;
     QString themePath;
     QString path;
     QSizeF size;
diff --git a/src/plasma/svg.cpp b/src/plasma/svg.cpp
--- a/src/plasma/svg.cpp
+++ b/src/plasma/svg.cpp
@@ -182,6 +182,12 @@
 
 bool SvgPrivate::setImagePath(const QString &imagePath)
 {
+    if (requestedPath == imagePath) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    requestedPath = imagePath;
+
     QString actualPath = imagePath;
     if (imagePath.startsWith(QLatin1String("file://"))) {
         //length of file://