diff --git a/app/actions/contact_identify_action.rb b/app/actions/contact_identify_action.rb
index a1c39e2a0c52..6b2f374333ed 100644
--- a/app/actions/contact_identify_action.rb
+++ b/app/actions/contact_identify_action.rb
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ def update_contact
     # TODO: replace reject { |_k, v| v.blank? } with compact_blank when rails is upgraded
     @contact.discard_invalid_attrs if discard_invalid_attrs
     @contact.save!
-    Avatar::AvatarFromUrlJob.perform_later(@contact, params[:avatar_url]) if params[:avatar_url].present?
+    Avatar::AvatarFromUrlJob.perform_later(@contact, params[:avatar_url]) if params[:avatar_url].present? && !@contact.avatar.attached?
   end
 
   def merge_contact(base_contact, merge_contact)
diff --git a/spec/actions/contact_identify_action_spec.rb b/spec/actions/contact_identify_action_spec.rb
index baf935f6195b..c9bae7b5a155 100644
--- a/spec/actions/contact_identify_action_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/actions/contact_identify_action_spec.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@
       expect(contact.reload.identifier).to eq 'test_id'
     end
 
+    it 'will not call avatar job if avatar is already attached' do
+      contact.avatar.attach(io: Rails.root.join('spec/assets/avatar.png').open, filename: 'avatar.png', content_type: 'image/png')
+      expect(Avatar::AvatarFromUrlJob).not_to receive(:perform_later).with(contact, params[:avatar_url])
+      contact_identify
+    end
+
     it 'merge deeply nested additional attributes' do
       create(:contact, account: account, identifier: '', email: 'test@test.com',
                        additional_attributes: { location: 'Bengaulru', company_name: 'Meta', social_profiles: { linkedin: 'saras' } })