diff --git a/config/initializers/carrierwave_monkey_patch.rb b/config/initializers/carrierwave_monkey_patch.rb
index dd2c656b171..bfd0f1c3d36 100644
--- a/config/initializers/carrierwave_monkey_patch.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/carrierwave_monkey_patch.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ module CarrierWave
             begin
               file_body = ::File.open(file_body.path) if file_body.closed? # Reopen if it's closed
               file_body.read
+            rescue Errno::ENOENT
+              @file = nil # rubocop:disable Gitlab/ModuleWithInstanceVariables
+              file.body
             ensure
               file_body.close
             end