diff --git a/app/code/Magento/CatalogImportExport/Model/Import/Product.php b/app/code/Magento/CatalogImportExport/Model/Import/Product.php
index 6f3dffec4b326..7347dae4cacaf 100755
--- a/app/code/Magento/CatalogImportExport/Model/Import/Product.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/CatalogImportExport/Model/Import/Product.php
@@ -1466,13 +1466,15 @@ protected function _saveProducts()
                         if (!empty($rowData[self::COL_MEDIA_IMAGE]) && is_array($rowData[self::COL_MEDIA_IMAGE])) {
                             $position = array_search($mediaImage, $mediaGalleryImages);
                             foreach ($rowData[self::COL_MEDIA_IMAGE] as $mediaImage) {
-                                $mediaGallery[$rowSku][] = [
-                                    'attribute_id' => $this->getMediaGalleryAttributeId(),
-                                    'label' => isset($mediaGalleryLabels[$position]) ? $mediaGalleryLabels[$position] : '',
-                                    'position' => $position,
-                                    'disabled' => '',
-                                    'value' => $mediaImage,
-                                ];
+                                if (!empty($mediaImage)) {
+                                    $mediaGallery[$rowSku][] = [
+                                        'attribute_id' => $this->getMediaGalleryAttributeId(),
+                                        'label' => isset($mediaGalleryLabels[$position]) ? $mediaGalleryLabels[$position] : '',
+                                        'position' => $position,
+                                        'disabled' => '',
+                                        'value' => $mediaImage,
+                                    ];
+                                }
                             }
                         }
                     }
@@ -1750,7 +1752,7 @@ protected function _getUploader()
             $destinationDir = "catalog/product";
             $destinationPath = $dirAddon . $DS . $this->_mediaDirectory->getRelativePath($destinationDir);
 
-            $this->_mediaDirectory->create($destinationDir);
+            $this->_mediaDirectory->create($destinationPath);
             if (!$this->_fileUploader->setDestDir($destinationPath)) {
                 throw new \Magento\Framework\Exception\LocalizedException(
                     __('File directory \'%1\' is not writable.', $destinationPath)
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/CatalogImportExport/Model/Import/Uploader.php b/app/code/Magento/CatalogImportExport/Model/Import/Uploader.php
index 0de5545a49c10..a78e978d84c6f 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/CatalogImportExport/Model/Import/Uploader.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/CatalogImportExport/Model/Import/Uploader.php
@@ -302,7 +302,14 @@ public function setDestDir($path)
     protected function _moveFile($tmpPath, $destPath)
     {
         if ($this->_directory->isFile($tmpPath)) {
-            return $this->_directory->copyFile($tmpPath, $destPath);
+            $tmpRealPath = $this->_directory->getDriver()->getRealPath(
+                $this->_directory->getAbsolutePath($tmpPath)
+            );
+            $destinationRealPath = $this->_directory->getDriver()->getRealPath(
+                $this->_directory->getAbsolutePath($destPath)
+            );
+            $isSameFile = $tmpRealPath === $destinationRealPath;
+            return $isSameFile ?: $this->_directory->copyFile($tmpPath, $destPath);
         } else {
             return false;
         }