diff --git a/source/blender/render/intern/source/render_result.c b/source/blender/render/intern/source/render_result.c
index de87fb2..7769dab 100644
--- a/source/blender/render/intern/source/render_result.c
+++ b/source/blender/render/intern/source/render_result.c
@@ -647,6 +647,38 @@ RenderResult *render_result_new(Render *re, rcti *partrct, int crop, int savebuf
 		
 		re->r.actlay = 0;
 	}
+
+	if (re->scene->use_nodes /* use compositing ? */){
+
+		rl = MEM_callocN(sizeof(RenderLayer), "new render layer");
+		BLI_addhead(&rr->layers, rl);
+
+		BLI_strncpy(rl->name, "Composite", 10);
+		rl->rectx = rectx;
+		rl->recty = recty;
+
+		if (rr->do_exr_tile) {
+			rl->display_buffer = MEM_mapallocN(rectx * recty * sizeof(unsigned int), "Combined display space rgba");
+
+			rl->exrhandle = IMB_exr_get_handle();
+
+			IMB_exr_add_channel(rl->exrhandle, rl->name, "Combined.R", 0, 0, NULL);
+			IMB_exr_add_channel(rl->exrhandle, rl->name, "Combined.G", 0, 0, NULL);
+			IMB_exr_add_channel(rl->exrhandle, rl->name, "Combined.B", 0, 0, NULL);
+			IMB_exr_add_channel(rl->exrhandle, rl->name, "Combined.A", 0, 0, NULL);
+		}
+		else {
+			rl->rectf = MEM_mapallocN(rectx * recty * sizeof(float)* 4, "Combined rgba");
+		}
+
+		/* note, this has to be in sync with scene.c */
+		rl->lay = (1 << 20) - 1;
+		rl->layflag = 0x7FFF;    /* solid ztra halo strand */
+		rl->passflag = SCE_PASS_COMBINED;
+
+		re->r.actlay = 0;
+
+	}
 	
 	/* border render; calculate offset for use in compositor. compo is centralized coords */
 	/* XXX obsolete? I now use it for drawing border render offset (ton) */