diff --git a/src/Model/Contact/User.php b/src/Model/Contact/User.php
index 05530cccc5..984d1ce986 100644
--- a/src/Model/Contact/User.php
+++ b/src/Model/Contact/User.php
@@ -95,16 +95,17 @@ class User
 		$update_fields = self::preparedFields($fields);
 		if (!empty($update_fields)) {
 			$contacts = DBA::select('contact', ['uri-id', 'uid'], $condition);
-			while ($row = DBA::fetch($contacts)) {
-				if (empty($row['uri-id']) || empty($contact['uid'])) {
+			while ($contact = DBA::fetch($contacts)) {
+				if (empty($contact['uri-id']) || empty($contact['uid'])) {
 					continue;
 				}
-				$ret = DBA::update('user-contact', $update_fields, ['uri-id' => $row['uri-id'], 'uid' => $row['uid']]);
-				Logger::info('Updated user contact', ['uid' => $row['uid'], 'uri-id' => $row['uri-id'], 'ret' => $ret]);
+				$ret = DBA::update('user-contact', $update_fields, ['uri-id' => $contact['uri-id'], 'uid' => $contact['uid']]);
+				Logger::info('Updated user contact', ['uid' => $contact['uid'], 'uri-id' => $contact['uri-id'], 'ret' => $ret]);
 			}
 
 			DBA::close($contacts);
 		}
+
 		DBA::commit();	
 	}
 
diff --git a/update.php b/update.php
index 368b70b228..81e5be8d64 100644
--- a/update.php
+++ b/update.php
@@ -1000,14 +1000,6 @@ function update_1434()
 	return Update::SUCCESS;
 }
 
-function update_1435()
-{
-	$contacts = DBA::select('contact', [], ["`uid` != ?", 0]);
-	while ($contact = DBA::fetch($contacts)) {
-		Contact\User::insertForContactArray($contact);
-	}
-}
-
 function update_1438()
 {
 	DBA::update('photo', ['photo-type' => Photo::USER_AVATAR], ['profile' => true]);
@@ -1061,3 +1053,20 @@ function update_1442()
 
 	return Update::SUCCESS;
 }
+
+/**
+ * A bug in Contact\User::updateByContactUpdate prevented any update to the user-contact table since the rows have been
+ * created in version 1435. This version fixes this bug but the user-contact rows are outdated, we need to regenerate
+ * them.
+ */
+function update_1444()
+{
+	DBA::e('TRUNCATE TABLE `user-contact`');
+
+	$contacts = DBA::select('contact', [], ["`uid` != ?", 0]);
+	while ($contact = DBA::fetch($contacts)) {
+		Contact\User::insertForContactArray($contact);
+	}
+
+	return Update::SUCCESS;
+}