diff --git a/__tests__/updateUserInfo.ts b/__tests__/updateUserInfo.ts
index 8cf9b8aa5..d662e2fb0 100644
--- a/__tests__/updateUserInfo.ts
+++ b/__tests__/updateUserInfo.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
 } from './helpers';
 import { User } from '../src/entity';
 import { clearFile, UploadPreset } from '../src/common/cloudinary';
+import { fallbackImages } from '../src/config';
 
 let con: DataSource;
 let state: GraphQLTestingState;
@@ -254,7 +255,7 @@ describe('mutation updateUserInfo', () => {
       expect(res.errors).toBeFalsy();
 
       const updatedUser = await repo.findOneBy({ id: loggedUser });
-      expect(updatedUser?.image).toBeNull();
+      expect(updatedUser?.image).toBe(fallbackImages.avatar);
       expect(clearFile).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
         referenceId: loggedUser,
         preset: UploadPreset.Avatar,
@@ -318,7 +319,7 @@ describe('mutation updateUserInfo', () => {
       expect(res.errors).toBeFalsy();
 
       const updatedUser = await repo.findOneBy({ id: loggedUser });
-      expect(updatedUser?.image).toBeNull();
+      expect(updatedUser?.image).toBe(fallbackImages.avatar);
       expect(updatedUser?.cover).toBeNull();
 
       expect(clearFile).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
diff --git a/src/schema/users.ts b/src/schema/users.ts
index 9c22b502b..ac8e8ff11 100644
--- a/src/schema/users.ts
+++ b/src/schema/users.ts
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ import {
 import { markdown } from '../common/markdown';
 import { deleteRedisKey, getRedisObject, RedisMagicValues } from '../redis';
 import {
+  fallbackImages,
   generateStorageKey,
   RESUME_BUCKET_NAME,
   StorageKey,
@@ -2542,7 +2543,7 @@ export const resolvers: IResolvers<unknown, BaseContext> = traceResolvers<
             const file = await upload;
             return (await uploadAvatar(user.id, file.createReadStream())).url;
           }
-          return data.image || null;
+          return data.image || fallbackImages.avatar;
         })(),
         (async () => {
           if (coverUpload && cloudinaryUrl) {