diff --git a/app/Actions/Photo/Pipes/Shared/UploadSizeVariantsToS3.php b/app/Actions/Photo/Pipes/Shared/UploadSizeVariantsToS3.php
index 84136fe5c43..c9f251eb54a 100644
--- a/app/Actions/Photo/Pipes/Shared/UploadSizeVariantsToS3.php
+++ b/app/Actions/Photo/Pipes/Shared/UploadSizeVariantsToS3.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 use App\Assets\Features;
 use App\Contracts\PhotoCreate\PhotoDTO;
 use App\Contracts\PhotoCreate\PhotoPipe;
+use App\Enum\SizeVariantType;
 use App\Jobs\UploadSizeVariantToS3Job;
 use App\Models\Configs;
 use App\Models\SizeVariant;
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ public function handle(PhotoDTO $state, \Closure $next): PhotoDTO
 			$use_job_queues = Configs::getValueAsBool('use_job_queues');
 
 			$jobs = $state->getPhoto()->size_variants->toCollection()
-				->filter(fn ($v) => $v !== null)
+				->filter(fn ($v) => $v !== null && $v->type !== SizeVariantType::PLACEHOLDER)
 				->map(fn (SizeVariant $variant) => new UploadSizeVariantToS3Job($variant));
 
 			$jobs->each(fn ($job) => $use_job_queues ? dispatch($job) : dispatch_sync($job));