diff --git a/src/components/pages/gallery/Upload.tsx b/src/components/pages/gallery/Upload.tsx
index 159ca3ac9..78135012f 100644
--- a/src/components/pages/gallery/Upload.tsx
+++ b/src/components/pages/gallery/Upload.tsx
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ export default function Upload(props: Props) {
         return collectionWiseFiles;
     }
 
-    const uploadFilesToExistingCollection = async (collection) => {
+    const uploadFilesToExistingCollection = async (collection: Collection) => {
         try {
             uploadInit();
             const filesWithCollectionToUpload: FileWithCollection[] =
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ export default function Upload(props: Props) {
                     localID: index,
                     collectionID: collection.id,
                 }));
-            await uploadFiles(filesWithCollectionToUpload);
+            await uploadFiles(filesWithCollectionToUpload, [collection]);
         } catch (e) {
             logError(e, 'Failed to upload files to existing collections');
         }
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ export default function Upload(props: Props) {
 
     const uploadFiles = async (
         filesWithCollectionToUpload: FileWithCollection[],
-        collections?: Collection[]
+        collections: Collection[]
     ) => {
         try {
             props.setUploadInProgress(true);
diff --git a/src/services/upload/uploadManager.ts b/src/services/upload/uploadManager.ts
index ff03b88be..308ee74a4 100644
--- a/src/services/upload/uploadManager.ts
+++ b/src/services/upload/uploadManager.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { getLocalFiles, setLocalFiles } from '../fileService';
-import { getLocalCollections } from '../collectionService';
 import { SetFiles } from 'types/gallery';
 import { getDedicatedCryptoWorker } from 'utils/crypto';
 import {
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ class UploadManager {
         this.setFiles = setFiles;
     }
 
-    private async init(newCollections?: Collection[]) {
+    private async init(collections: Collection[]) {
         this.filesToBeUploaded = [];
         this.failedFiles = [];
         this.parsedMetadataJSONMap = new Map<string, ParsedMetadataJSON>();
@@ -71,10 +70,6 @@ class UploadManager {
         this.existingFilesCollectionWise = sortFilesIntoCollections(
             this.existingFiles
         );
-        const collections = await getLocalCollections();
-        if (newCollections) {
-            collections.push(...newCollections);
-        }
         this.collections = new Map(
             collections.map((collection) => [collection.id, collection])
         );