diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Model/Product/Gallery/UpdateHandler.php b/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Model/Product/Gallery/UpdateHandler.php
index 626d88f1acf82..53083d7168b45 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Model/Product/Gallery/UpdateHandler.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Model/Product/Gallery/UpdateHandler.php
@@ -33,8 +33,10 @@ protected function processDeletedImages($product, array &$images)
             if (!empty($image['removed'])) {
                 if (!empty($image['value_id']) && !isset($picturesInOtherStores[$image['file']])) {
                     $recordsToDelete[] = $image['value_id'];
-                    // only delete physical files if they are not used by any other products
-                    if (!$this->resourceModel->countImageUses($image['file']) > 1) {
+                    $catalogPath = $this->mediaConfig->getBaseMediaPath();
+                    $isFile = $this->mediaDirectory->isFile($catalogPath . $image['file']);
+                    // only delete physical files if they are not used by any other products and if this file exist
+                    if ($isFile && !($this->resourceModel->countImageUses($image['file']) > 1)) {
                         $filesToDelete[] = ltrim($image['file'], '/');
                     }
                 }