diff --git a/mobile/lib/ui/viewer/file_details/face_widget.dart b/mobile/lib/ui/viewer/file_details/face_widget.dart
index 1ec7a2eb2d..67d2368d71 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/ui/viewer/file_details/face_widget.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/ui/viewer/file_details/face_widget.dart
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ class _FaceWidgetState extends State<FaceWidget> {
     }
   }
 
-  Future<Map<String, Uint8List>?> getFaceCrop() async {
+  Future<Map<String, Uint8List>?> getFaceCrop({int fetchAttempt = 1}) async {
     try {
       final Uint8List? cachedFace = faceCropCache.get(widget.face.faceID);
       if (cachedFace != null) {
@@ -326,6 +326,10 @@ class _FaceWidgetState extends State<FaceWidget> {
         error: e,
         stackTrace: s,
       );
+      resetPool(fullFile: true);
+      if (fetchAttempt <= retryLimit) {
+        return getFaceCrop(fetchAttempt: fetchAttempt + 1);
+      }
       return null;
     }
   }
diff --git a/mobile/lib/ui/viewer/file_details/faces_item_widget.dart b/mobile/lib/ui/viewer/file_details/faces_item_widget.dart
index ed2fb0f12e..cb22e53b82 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/ui/viewer/file_details/faces_item_widget.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/ui/viewer/file_details/faces_item_widget.dart
@@ -173,7 +173,9 @@ class _FacesItemWidgetState extends State<FacesItemWidget> {
   }
 
   Future<Map<String, Uint8List>?> getRelevantFaceCrops(
-    Iterable<Face> faces,
+    Iterable<Face> faces, {
+    int fetchAttempt = 1,
+    }
   ) async {
     try {
       final faceIdToCrop = <String, Uint8List>{};
@@ -223,6 +225,10 @@ class _FacesItemWidgetState extends State<FacesItemWidget> {
         error: e,
         stackTrace: s,
       );
+      resetPool(fullFile: true);
+      if(fetchAttempt <= retryLimit) {
+        return getRelevantFaceCrops(faces, fetchAttempt: fetchAttempt + 1);
+      }
       return null;
     }
   }
diff --git a/mobile/lib/ui/viewer/search/result/person_face_widget.dart b/mobile/lib/ui/viewer/search/result/person_face_widget.dart
index 8be99e5f6e..57fe5af654 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/ui/viewer/search/result/person_face_widget.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/ui/viewer/search/result/person_face_widget.dart
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class PersonFaceWidget extends StatelessWidget {
     );
   }
 
-  Future<Uint8List?> getFaceCrop() async {
+  Future<Uint8List?> getFaceCrop({int fetchAttempt = 1}) async {
     try {
       final Face? face = await _getFace();
       if (face == null) {
@@ -187,6 +187,10 @@ class PersonFaceWidget extends StatelessWidget {
         error: e,
         stackTrace: s,
       );
+      resetPool(fullFile: useFullFile);
+      if(fetchAttempt <= retryLimit) {
+        return getFaceCrop(fetchAttempt: fetchAttempt + 1);
+      }
       return null;
     }
   }
diff --git a/mobile/lib/utils/face/face_box_crop.dart b/mobile/lib/utils/face/face_box_crop.dart
index 281c0ef495..4dd1778f72 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/utils/face/face_box_crop.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/utils/face/face_box_crop.dart
@@ -11,11 +11,20 @@ import "package:photos/utils/image_ml_isolate.dart";
 import "package:photos/utils/thumbnail_util.dart";
 import "package:pool/pool.dart";
 
+void resetPool({required bool fullFile}) {
+  if (fullFile) {
+    poolFullFileFaceGenerations = Pool(20, timeout: const Duration(seconds: 15));
+  } else {
+    poolThumbnailFaceGenerations = Pool(100, timeout: const Duration(seconds: 15));
+  }
+}
+
+const int retryLimit = 3;
 final LRUMap<String, Uint8List?> faceCropCache = LRUMap(1000);
 final LRUMap<String, Uint8List?> faceCropThumbnailCache = LRUMap(1000);
-final poolFullFileFaceGenerations =
+Pool poolFullFileFaceGenerations =
     Pool(20, timeout: const Duration(seconds: 15));
-final poolThumbnailFaceGenerations =
+Pool poolThumbnailFaceGenerations =
     Pool(100, timeout: const Duration(seconds: 15));
 Future<Map<String, Uint8List>?> getFaceCrops(
   EnteFile file,