diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/node_tree_update.cc b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/node_tree_update.cc
index a9097bcb94a..929d20a3b07 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/node_tree_update.cc
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/node_tree_update.cc
@@ -1048,6 +1048,7 @@ class NodeTreeMainUpdater {
   void update_individual_nodes(bNodeTree &ntree)
   {
     LISTBASE_FOREACH (bNode *, node, &ntree.nodes) {
+      nodeDeclarationEnsure(&ntree, node);
       if (this->should_update_individual_node(ntree, *node)) {
         bNodeType &ntype = *node->typeinfo;
         if (ntype.group_update_func) {