diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index 412a2b20..7eb4b3d3 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ Requires libvips v8.14.2
   [#3674](https://github.com/lovell/sharp/pull/3674)
   [@bianjunjie1981](https://github.com/bianjunjie1981)
 
+* Prevent over-compute in affine-based rotate before resize.
+  [#3722](https://github.com/lovell/sharp/issues/3722)
+
 ### v0.32.1 - 27th April 2023
 
 * Add experimental `unflatten` operation.
diff --git a/src/pipeline.cc b/src/pipeline.cc
index c4e52b3a..6fb9e674 100644
--- a/src/pipeline.cc
+++ b/src/pipeline.cc
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class PipelineWorker : public Napi::AsyncWorker {
           MultiPageUnsupported(nPages, "Rotate");
           std::vector<double> background;
           std::tie(image, background) = sharp::ApplyAlpha(image, baton->rotationBackground, FALSE);
-          image = image.rotate(baton->rotationAngle, VImage::option()->set("background", background));
+          image = image.rotate(baton->rotationAngle, VImage::option()->set("background", background)).cache();
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/test/unit/rotate.js b/test/unit/rotate.js
index ded228b1..86e9a8a6 100644
--- a/test/unit/rotate.js
+++ b/test/unit/rotate.js
@@ -473,4 +473,20 @@ describe('Rotation', function () {
     assert.strictEqual(g, 64);
     assert.strictEqual(b, 30);
   });
+
+  it('Resize after affine-based rotation does not overcompute', async () =>
+    sharp({
+      create: {
+        width: 4640,
+        height: 2610,
+        channels: 3,
+        background: 'black'
+      }
+    })
+      .rotate(28)
+      .resize({ width: 640, height: 360 })
+      .raw()
+      .timeout({ seconds: 5 })
+      .toBuffer()
+  );
 });