diff --git a/app/models/spree/product.rb b/app/models/spree/product.rb
index 4e603ab48c..e08012beea 100755
--- a/app/models/spree/product.rb
+++ b/app/models/spree/product.rb
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ module Spree
               presence: { if: ->(p) { %w(weight volume).include? p.variant_unit } }
     validates :variant_unit_name,
               presence: { if: ->(p) { p.variant_unit == 'items' } }
+    validate :validate_image_for_master
 
     attr_accessor :option_values_hash
 
@@ -474,5 +475,11 @@ module Spree
       requested = permalink.presence || permalink_was.presence || name.presence || 'product'
       self.permalink = create_unique_permalink(requested.parameterize)
     end
+
+    def validate_image_for_master
+      return if master.images.all?(&:valid?)
+
+      errors.add(:base, I18n.t('spree.admin.products.image_not_processable'))
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index e0aab6e77e..c5079f8ebd 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -4140,6 +4140,7 @@ See the %{link} to find out more about %{sitename}'s features and to start using
             no_payment_via_admin_backend: Paypal payments cannot be captured in the Backoffice
       products:
         image_upload_error: "Please upload the image in JPG, PNG, GIF, SVG or WEBP format."
+        image_not_processable: "Image attachment is not a valid image."
         new:
           title: "New Product"
           new_product: "New Product"
diff --git a/spec/controllers/api/v0/product_images_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/api/v0/product_images_controller_spec.rb
index c40785ba2c..75c4a53f20 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/api/v0/product_images_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/api/v0/product_images_controller_spec.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ describe Api::V0::ProductImagesController, type: :controller do
       }
 
       expect(response.status).to eq 201
-      expect(product_without_image.images.first.id).to eq json_response['id']
+      expect(product_without_image.reload.images.first.id).to eq json_response['id']
     end
 
     it "updates an existing product image" do
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ describe Api::V0::ProductImagesController, type: :controller do
       }
 
       expect(response.status).to eq 200
-      expect(product_with_image.images.first.id).to eq json_response['id']
+      expect(product_with_image.reload.images.first.id).to eq json_response['id']
     end
 
     it "reports errors when saving fails" do
diff --git a/spec/models/spree/product_spec.rb b/spec/models/spree/product_spec.rb
index 096fbd5db7..63f8e1b9a0 100644
--- a/spec/models/spree/product_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/spree/product_spec.rb
@@ -460,6 +460,25 @@ module Spree
           expect(product).not_to be_valid
         end
       end
+
+      describe "#validate_image_for_master" do
+        let(:product) { build_stubbed(:simple_product) }
+
+        context "when the image attached to the master variant is invalid" do
+          before { product.master.images.new.errors.add(:image_not_processable, "invalid") }
+
+          it "adds an error message to the base object" do
+            expect(product).not_to be_valid
+            expect(product.errors[:base]).to include('Image attachment is not a valid image.')
+          end
+        end
+
+        context "when master variant is valid" do
+          it "returns true" do
+            expect(product).to be_valid
+          end
+        end
+      end
     end
 
     describe "callbacks" do
diff --git a/spec/services/image_importer_spec.rb b/spec/services/image_importer_spec.rb
index 9ec390d25f..2c0ed2f7ad 100644
--- a/spec/services/image_importer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/image_importer_spec.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ describe ImageImporter do
       }.by(1)
 
       expect(product.images.count).to eq 1
-      expect(product.images.first.attachment_blob.byte_size).to eq 6274
+      expect(product.reload.images.first.attachment_blob.byte_size).to eq 6274
     end
   end
 end