diff --git a/include/diaspora.php b/include/diaspora.php
index d4edc3f113..cdb1d6d11b 100644
--- a/include/diaspora.php
+++ b/include/diaspora.php
@@ -762,11 +762,13 @@ function diaspora_photo($importer,$xml,$msg) {
 
 	$link_text = '[img]' . $remote_photo_path . $remote_photo_name . '[/img]' . "\n";
 
-	$r = q("update item set `body` = '%s' where `id` = %d and `uid` = %d limit 1",
-		dbesc($link_text . $parent_item['body']),
-		intval($parent_item['id']),
-		intval($parent_item['uid'])
-	);
+	if(! strstr($parent_item['body'],$link_text)) {
+		$r = q("update item set `body` = '%s' where `id` = %d and `uid` = %d limit 1",
+			dbesc($link_text . $parent_item['body']),
+			intval($parent_item['id']),
+			intval($parent_item['uid'])
+		);
+	}
 
 	return;
 }