diff --git a/app/views/posts/template_field/_image.haml b/app/views/posts/template_field/_image.haml
index c7cb48b..cd6806b 100644
--- a/app/views/posts/template_field/_image.haml
+++ b/app/views/posts/template_field/_image.haml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 - name = [name,''] if template.multiple?
 = file_field_tag field_name_for_post_as_string(name),
   class: 'form-control',
-  required: template.required?,
+  required: template.required? && value.empty?,
   multiple: template.multiple?,
   accept: 'image/*'
 - if template.multiple?