diff --git a/bin/compose-core b/bin/compose-core
index 8433490..448e901 100755
--- a/bin/compose-core
+++ b/bin/compose-core
@@ -1665,16 +1665,16 @@ service_ensure_image_ready() {
                         .services.[\"${service_quoted}\"].image = \"${charm_image_name}:${hash}\"" \
                             "$_CURRENT_DOCKER_COMPOSE" || return 1
 
-        if [ "$COMPOSE_ACTION" != "build" ] && docker_has_image "${charm_image_name}:${hash}"; then
-            if [ -n "$DEBUG" ]; then
-                Elt "using ${DARKPINK}$charm${NORMAL}'s image from local cache" >&2
-                print_status noop >&2
-                Feed >&2
-            fi
-            cache:image:registry:put "$charm" "$hash" "$service" || return 1
-            printf "%s" "${charm_image_name}:${hash}" | tee "$cache_file"
-            return $?
+    fi
+    if [ "$COMPOSE_ACTION" != "build" ] && docker_has_image "${charm_image_name}:${hash}"; then
+        if [ -n "$DEBUG" ]; then
+            Elt "using ${DARKPINK}$charm${NORMAL}'s image from local cache" >&2
+            print_status noop >&2
+            Feed >&2
         fi
+        cache:image:registry:put "$charm" "$hash" "$service" || return 1
+        printf "%s" "${charm_image_name}:${hash}" | tee "$cache_file"
+        return $?
     fi
 
     ## Can we pull it ? Let's check on $COMPOSE_DOCKER_REGISTRY