diff --git a/mobile/lib/domain/services/asset.service.dart b/mobile/lib/domain/services/asset.service.dart
index 7e40f426c..cfb34097b 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/domain/services/asset.service.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/domain/services/asset.service.dart
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ class AssetService {
     try {
       // previous_checksum still points at the version the server had before this upload
       final previousId = await _localRepository.getPreviousRemoteId(localId);
-      if (previousId != null) {
+      if (previousId != null && previousId != remoteId) {
         await _apiRepository.stack([remoteId, previousId]);
       }
     } finally {
diff --git a/mobile/test/unit/services/asset_service_test.dart b/mobile/test/unit/services/asset_service_test.dart
index c43daa1fe..7f587c09d 100644
--- a/mobile/test/unit/services/asset_service_test.dart
+++ b/mobile/test/unit/services/asset_service_test.dart
@@ -150,6 +150,15 @@ void main() {
       verify(() => mocks.localAsset.repo.updatePreviousChecksum('local', 'sha')).called(1);
     });
 
+    test('does not stack an upload onto itself', () async {
+      when(() => mocks.localAsset.repo.getPreviousRemoteId('local')).thenAnswer((_) async => 'remote');
+
+      await sut.stackEditedUpload('local', 'remote', 'sha');
+
+      verifyNever(() => apiRepository.stack(any()));
+      verify(() => mocks.localAsset.repo.updatePreviousChecksum('local', 'sha')).called(1);
+    });
+
     test('records the uploaded checksum even when the stack call fails', () async {
       when(() => mocks.localAsset.repo.getPreviousRemoteId('local')).thenAnswer((_) async => 'previous');
       when(() => apiRepository.stack(any())).thenThrow(Exception('offline'));