diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/components/Upload/Uploader.tsx b/web/apps/photos/src/components/Upload/Uploader.tsx
index 7cbdb08984..d95f2215f9 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/components/Upload/Uploader.tsx
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/components/Upload/Uploader.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import { UPLOAD_STAGES } from "@/new/photos/services/upload/types";
 import { firstNonEmpty } from "@/utils/array";
 import { ensure } from "@/utils/ensure";
 import { CustomError } from "@ente/shared/error";
-import { isPromise } from "@ente/shared/utils";
 import DiscFullIcon from "@mui/icons-material/DiscFull";
 import UserNameInputDialog from "components/UserNameInputDialog";
 import { t } from "i18next";
@@ -199,7 +198,7 @@ export default function Uploader({
      */
     const pickedUploadType = useRef<PICKED_UPLOAD_TYPE>(null);
 
-    const currentUploadPromise = useRef<Promise<void>>(null);
+    const currentUploadPromise = useRef<Promise<void> | undefined>();
     const uploadRunning = useRef(false);
     const uploaderNameRef = useRef<string>(null);
     const isDragAndDrop = useRef(false);
@@ -555,15 +554,14 @@ export default function Uploader({
         uploaderName?: string,
     ) => {
         const currentPromise = currentUploadPromise.current;
-        currentUploadPromise.current = waitAndRun(
-            currentPromise,
-            async () =>
-                await uploadFiles(
-                    uploadItemsWithCollection,
-                    collections,
-                    uploaderName,
-                ),
-        );
+        currentUploadPromise.current = (async () => {
+            if (currentPromise) await currentPromise;
+            return uploadFiles(
+                uploadItemsWithCollection,
+                collections,
+                uploaderName,
+            );
+        })();
         await currentUploadPromise.current;
     };
 
@@ -802,16 +800,6 @@ export default function Uploader({
     );
 }
 
-async function waitAndRun(
-    waitPromise: Promise<void>,
-    task: () => Promise<void>,
-) {
-    if (waitPromise && isPromise(waitPromise)) {
-        await waitPromise;
-    }
-    await task();
-}
-
 const desktopFilesAndZipItems = async (electron: Electron, files: File[]) => {
     const fileAndPaths: FileAndPath[] = [];
     let zipItems: ZipItem[] = [];
diff --git a/web/packages/shared/utils/index.ts b/web/packages/shared/utils/index.ts
index 101e6eb27f..d8aae6cb55 100644
--- a/web/packages/shared/utils/index.ts
+++ b/web/packages/shared/utils/index.ts
@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@ export function downloadUsingAnchor(link: string, name: string) {
     a.remove();
 }
 
-export function isPromise<T>(obj: T | Promise<T>): obj is Promise<T> {
-    return obj && typeof (obj as any).then === "function";
-}
-
 export async function retryAsyncFunction<T>(
     request: (abort?: () => void) => Promise<T>,
     waitTimeBeforeNextTry?: number[],