diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/pages/gallery.tsx b/web/apps/photos/src/pages/gallery.tsx
index e2c4b85955..ad7e5fc7ad 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/pages/gallery.tsx
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/pages/gallery.tsx
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ import { UploadSelectorInputs } from "components/UploadSelectorInputs";
 import SelectedFileOptions from "components/pages/gallery/SelectedFileOptions";
 import { t } from "i18next";
 import { useRouter, type NextRouter } from "next/router";
-import { createContext, useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import { createContext, useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { useDropzone } from "react-dropzone";
 import { Trans } from "react-i18next";
 import {
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ export default function Gallery() {
         // ... the props we should apply to the <input> element,
         getInputProps: getDragAndDropInputProps,
         // ... and the files that we got.
-        acceptedFiles: dragAndDropFiles,
+        acceptedFiles: dragAndDropFilesReadOnly,
     } = useDropzone({
         noClick: true,
         noKeyboard: true,
@@ -548,6 +548,12 @@ export default function Gallery() {
         };
     }, [selectAll, clearSelection]);
 
+    // Create a regular array from the readonly array returned by dropzone.
+    const dragAndDropFiles = useMemo(
+        () => [...dragAndDropFilesReadOnly],
+        [dragAndDropFilesReadOnly],
+    );
+
     const showSessionExpiredDialog = () =>
         showMiniDialog(sessionExpiredDialogAttributes(logout));
 
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/pages/shared-albums.tsx b/web/apps/photos/src/pages/shared-albums.tsx
index f8594f232e..0919b610cd 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/pages/shared-albums.tsx
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/pages/shared-albums.tsx
@@ -175,8 +175,7 @@ export default function PublicCollectionGallery() {
             return updater;
         };
 
-    // Create a regular array from the readonly array returned by the dropzone
-    // library.
+    // Create a regular array from the readonly array returned by dropzone.
     const dragAndDropFiles = useMemo(
         () => [...dragAndDropFilesReadOnly],
         [dragAndDropFilesReadOnly],