diff --git a/frontend/src/components/common/ImageUpload.vue b/frontend/src/components/common/ImageUpload.vue
index 7bf1a21f02..04612638b5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/common/ImageUpload.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/common/ImageUpload.vue
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
           v-if="modelValue"
           type="button"
           class="btn btn-secondary btn-sm text-red-600 hover:text-red-700 dark:text-red-400"
-          @click="$emit('update:modelValue', '')"
+          @click="removeImage"
         >
           <Icon name="trash" size="sm" class="mr-1.5" :stroke-width="2" />
           {{ resolvedRemoveLabel }}
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 </template>
 
 <script setup lang="ts">
-import { ref, computed } from 'vue'
+import { ref, computed, onBeforeUnmount } from 'vue'
 import { useI18n } from 'vue-i18n'
 import Icon from '@/components/icons/Icon.vue'
 import { sanitizeSvg } from '@/utils/sanitize'
@@ -98,6 +98,14 @@ const emit = defineEmits<{
 }>()
 
 const error = ref('')
+let reader: FileReader | null = null
+
+onBeforeUnmount(() => reader?.abort())
+
+function removeImage() {
+  reader?.abort()
+  emit('update:modelValue', '')
+}
 
 const resolvedUploadLabel = computed(() => props.uploadLabel || t('common.upload'))
 const resolvedRemoveLabel = computed(() => props.removeLabel || t('common.remove'))
@@ -118,6 +126,7 @@ function handleUpload(event: Event) {
   error.value = ''
 
   if (!file) return
+  reader?.abort()
 
   if (props.maxSize && file.size > props.maxSize) {
     error.value = t('common.fileTooLargeKb', {
@@ -128,7 +137,7 @@ function handleUpload(event: Event) {
     return
   }
 
-  const reader = new FileReader()
+  reader = new FileReader()
   if (props.mode === 'svg') {
     reader.onload = (e) => {
       const text = e.target?.result as string
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/common/__tests__/ImageUpload.readOrder.spec.ts b/frontend/src/components/common/__tests__/ImageUpload.readOrder.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..07f9689b8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/common/__tests__/ImageUpload.readOrder.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { enableAutoUnmount, mount } from '@vue/test-utils'
+import ImageUpload from '../ImageUpload.vue'
+
+vi.mock('vue-i18n', () => ({ useI18n: () => ({ t: (key: string) => key }) }))
+
+enableAutoUnmount(afterEach)
+
+class ControlledReader {
+  static instances: ControlledReader[] = []
+  onload: ((event: { target: { result: string } }) => void) | null = null
+  onerror: (() => void) | null = null
+  aborted = false
+  constructor() { ControlledReader.instances.push(this) }
+  readAsText = vi.fn()
+  readAsDataURL = vi.fn()
+  abort() { this.aborted = true }
+  complete(result: string) {
+    if (!this.aborted) this.onload?.({ target: { result } })
+  }
+}
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  ControlledReader.instances = []
+  vi.stubGlobal('FileReader', ControlledReader)
+})
+afterEach(() => vi.unstubAllGlobals())
+
+function uploader(mode: 'image' | 'svg' = 'image') {
+  const wrapper = mount(ImageUpload, { props: { modelValue: 'existing', mode } })
+  const input = wrapper.get('input')
+  return {
+    wrapper,
+    async choose(type = 'image/png') {
+      Object.defineProperty(input.element, 'files', {
+        configurable: true, value: [new File(['image'], 'upload', { type })]
+      })
+      await input.trigger('change')
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+describe('image upload read lifecycle', () => {
+  it.each(['image', 'svg'] as const)('keeps the newest %s selection when reads finish out of order', async mode => {
+    const { wrapper, choose } = uploader(mode)
+    await choose()
+    await choose()
+    ControlledReader.instances[1].complete('new image')
+    ControlledReader.instances[0].complete('old image')
+    expect(wrapper.emitted('update:modelValue')).toEqual([['new image']])
+  })
+
+  it('does not restore an image after the remove button is clicked', async () => {
+    const { wrapper, choose } = uploader()
+    await choose()
+    await wrapper.get('button').trigger('click')
+    ControlledReader.instances[0].complete('removed image')
+    expect(wrapper.emitted('update:modelValue')).toEqual([['']])
+  })
+
+  it('does not apply a pending image after a later invalid selection', async () => {
+    const { wrapper, choose } = uploader()
+    await choose()
+    await choose('text/plain')
+    ControlledReader.instances[0].complete('old image')
+    expect(wrapper.emitted('update:modelValue')).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(wrapper.text()).toContain('common.selectImageFile')
+  })
+
+  it('aborts a pending read when the uploader unmounts', async () => {
+    const { wrapper, choose } = uploader()
+    await choose()
+    wrapper.unmount()
+    expect(ControlledReader.instances[0].aborted).toBe(true)
+  })
+})