diff --git a/src/layouts/_default/home.html b/src/layouts/_default/home.html
index b27e64b80..2fd72160f 100644
--- a/src/layouts/_default/home.html
+++ b/src/layouts/_default/home.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <div class="posts">
     {{ $paginator := .Paginate (where site.RegularPages "Type" "posts") -}}
     {{- range $i, $page := $paginator.Pages -}}
-      {{- /* Don't lazyload the first video in each page */ -}}
+      {{- /* Don't lazyload the first asset in each page (video, banner etc) */ -}}
       {{- $lazyload := cond (eq $i 0) false true -}}
 
       <div class="post">
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ <h1 class="post-title fw-semibold">
         {{- end }}
 
         {{ if .Page.Params.banner -}}
-          {{- partial "banner" (dict "context" .) -}}
+          {{- partial "banner" (dict "context" . "lazyload" $lazyload) -}}
         {{- end }}
 
         {{ .Content }}
diff --git a/src/layouts/partials/banner.html b/src/layouts/partials/banner.html
index 5b8b5abea..f70e6a84c 100644
--- a/src/layouts/partials/banner.html
+++ b/src/layouts/partials/banner.html
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@
 {{- $src := .context.Page.Params.banner -}}
 {{- $config := imageConfig (path.Join "/src/static" $src) -}}
 {{- $classes := "d-block img-fluid rounded-3 mb-4" -}}
+{{- $lazyload := .lazyload -}}
 
-<img src="{{ $src }}" class="{{ $classes }}" alt="" width="{{ $config.Width }}" height="{{ $config.Height }}" loading="lazy">
+<img src="{{ $src }}" class="{{ $classes }}" alt="" width="{{ $config.Width }}" height="{{ $config.Height }}"{{ if eq .lazyload true }} loading="lazy"{{ end }}>