diff --git a/components/file/fileService.js b/components/file/fileService.js
index 8d17aa7..7c20839 100644
--- a/components/file/fileService.js
+++ b/components/file/fileService.js
@@ -185,6 +185,12 @@ const moveFromTempToMain = async (files, targetBucket) => {
                 return null
             }
 
+            // Already pointing at the target bucket (e.g. re-submitted unchanged on every
+            // property save) - skip the MinIO round-trips entirely, nothing to move.
+            if (rawStr.includes(`/${targetBucket}/`) && !rawStr.includes(`/${tempBucket}/`)) {
+                return rawStr.split('?')[0]
+            }
+
             try {
                 // Check if object exists in temp bucket
                 const existsInTemp = await minioClient.statObject(tempBucket, fileName).then(() => true).catch(() => false)