diff --git a/gp-media-library/gpml-acf-user-image-field.php b/gp-media-library/gpml-acf-user-image-field.php
index c9d41c5a5..50c4e0043 100644
--- a/gp-media-library/gpml-acf-user-image-field.php
+++ b/gp-media-library/gpml-acf-user-image-field.php
@@ -44,6 +44,47 @@ function update_user_image_field( $user_id, $feed, $entry ) {
 				$value         = array_merge( $current_value, $value );
 			}
 
+			// Check for uploaded files in the $_POST data, we may need to prevent the ACF field from being set to empty.
+			$raw_json = $_POST['gform_uploaded_files'] ?? '';
+			$field_id = $this->_args['field_id'];
+			$key      = 'input_' . $field_id;
+
+			if ( empty( $value ) && $raw_json ) {
+				$clean_json = stripslashes( $raw_json );
+				$uploaded_files_array = json_decode( $clean_json, true );
+
+				// Multi-file upload check (existing logic)
+				if ( isset( $uploaded_files_array[ $key ][0]['uploaded_filename'] ) ) {
+					$filename = $uploaded_files_array[ $key ][0]['uploaded_filename'];
+
+					global $wpdb;
+					$attachment_id = $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare(
+						"SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_type = 'attachment' AND guid LIKE %s LIMIT 1",
+						'%' . $wpdb->esc_like( $filename ) . '%'
+					));
+
+					if ( $attachment_id ) {
+						$value = $attachment_id;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			$form  = GFAPI::get_form( $entry['form_id'] );
+			$field = GFFormsModel::get_field( $form, $field_id );
+			if ( empty( $value ) && ! $field->multipleFiles && isset( $_FILES[ $key ] ) && ! empty( $_FILES[ $key ]['name'] ) ) {
+				$filename = $_FILES[ $key ]['name'];
+
+				global $wpdb;
+				$attachment_id = $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare(
+					"SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_type = 'attachment' AND guid LIKE %s LIMIT 1",
+					'%' . $wpdb->esc_like( $filename ) . '%'
+				));
+
+				if ( $attachment_id ) {
+					$value = $attachment_id;
+				}
+			}
+
 			if ( empty( $value ) && ! $this->_args['remove_if_empty'] ) {
 				return;
 			}