diff --git a/app/interactions/actions/contact_update.rb b/app/interactions/actions/contact_update.rb
index 0cf76d1161..d9a136dd32 100644
--- a/app/interactions/actions/contact_update.rb
+++ b/app/interactions/actions/contact_update.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def call
       maybe_update_statuses
       maybe_update_ident if ident.present?
       maybe_attach_legal_doc
-      maybe_change_email
+      maybe_change_email if new_attributes[:email].present?
       maybe_filtering_old_failed_records
       commit
     end