diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Observer/ImageResizeAfterProductSave.php b/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Observer/ImageResizeAfterProductSave.php
index bb69918f5e99f..c90b4c2a6363b 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Observer/ImageResizeAfterProductSave.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Observer/ImageResizeAfterProductSave.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 /**
- * Copyright © Magento, Inc. All rights reserved.
- * See COPYING.txt for license details.
+ * Copyright 2015 Adobe
+ * All Rights Reserved.
  */
 declare(strict_types=1);
 
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ public function execute(\Magento\Framework\Event\Observer $observer)
             }
         } else {
             $new = $product->getData('media_gallery');
+
+            $new['images'] = array_filter($new['images'], fn($value) => $value['removed'] != 1);
+
             $original = $product->getOrigData('media_gallery');
             $mediaGallery = !empty($new['images']) ? array_column($new['images'], 'file') : [];
             $mediaOriginalGallery = !empty($original['images']) ? array_column($original['images'], 'file') : [];