Conditional filter when updating an image

I want to allow my users to update their image profile. I'm using first_notempty filter and it works great. The only problem is when I want to update only certain fields without updating the profile image, then I'm running into an error: 'Exception: missing file resource' so I guess first_notempty filter is not the right one when using input: file resource?

Any ideas? Thank you.
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