diff --git a/modules/lang/org/config.el b/modules/lang/org/config.el
index e1118a9bc..674c7928a 100644
--- a/modules/lang/org/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/org/config.el
@@ -305,7 +305,19 @@ Also adds support for a `:sync' parameter to override `:async'."
 
   ;; Refresh inline images after executing src blocks (useful for plantuml or
   ;; ipython, where the result could be an image)
-  (add-hook 'org-babel-after-execute-hook #'org-redisplay-inline-images)
+  (add-hook! 'org-babel-after-execute-hook
+    (defun +org-redisplay-inline-images-in-babel-result-h ()
+      (unless (or
+               ;; ...but not while Emacs is exporting an org buffer (where
+               ;; `org-display-inline-images' can be awfully slow).
+               (bound-and-true-p org-export-current-backend)
+               ;; ...and not while tangling org buffers (which happens in a temp
+               ;; buffer where `buffer-file-name' is nil).
+               (string-match-p "^ \\*temp" (buffer-name)))
+        (org-display-inline-images
+         nil nil
+         (org-babel-where-is-src-block-result)
+         (org-babel-result-end)))))
 
   (after! python
     (unless org-babel-python-command