diff --git a/packages/db/src/buffers/profile-buffer-redis.ts b/packages/db/src/buffers/profile-buffer-redis.ts
index 50ca9d35..7adafdcb 100644
--- a/packages/db/src/buffers/profile-buffer-redis.ts
+++ b/packages/db/src/buffers/profile-buffer-redis.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export class ProfileBuffer extends BaseBuffer {
     return `${this.redisProfilePrefix}${projectId}:${profileId}`;
   }
 
-  async add(profile: IClickhouseProfile) {
+  async add(profile: IClickhouseProfile, isFromEvent = false) {
     const logger = this.logger.child({
       projectId: profile.project_id,
       profileId: profile.id,
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ export class ProfileBuffer extends BaseBuffer {
 
       const existingProfile = await this.fetchFromCache(profile, logger);
 
+      if (isFromEvent && existingProfile) {
+        logger.debug('Profile already created, skipping');
+        return;
+      }
+
       const mergedProfile: IClickhouseProfile = existingProfile
         ? deepMergeObjects(existingProfile, profile)
         : profile;
diff --git a/packages/db/src/services/event.service.ts b/packages/db/src/services/event.service.ts
index 17bd0879..9a96eb3b 100644
--- a/packages/db/src/services/event.service.ts
+++ b/packages/db/src/services/event.service.ts
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ export async function createEvent(payload: IServiceCreateEventPayload) {
       profile.isExternal ||
       (profile.isExternal === false && payload.name === 'session_start')
     ) {
-      await upsertProfile(profile);
+      await upsertProfile(profile, true);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/db/src/services/profile.service.ts b/packages/db/src/services/profile.service.ts
index fbfb4012..8bc73f87 100644
--- a/packages/db/src/services/profile.service.ts
+++ b/packages/db/src/services/profile.service.ts
@@ -212,27 +212,33 @@ export async function createProfileAlias({
   });
 }
 
-export async function upsertProfile({
-  id,
-  firstName,
-  lastName,
-  email,
-  avatar,
-  properties,
-  projectId,
-  isExternal,
-}: IServiceUpsertProfile) {
-  return profileBuffer.add({
+export async function upsertProfile(
+  {
     id,
-    first_name: firstName!,
-    last_name: lastName!,
-    email: email!,
-    avatar: avatar!,
-    properties: properties as Record<string, string | undefined>,
-    project_id: projectId,
-    created_at: formatClickhouseDate(new Date()),
-    is_external: isExternal,
-  });
+    firstName,
+    lastName,
+    email,
+    avatar,
+    properties,
+    projectId,
+    isExternal,
+  }: IServiceUpsertProfile,
+  isFromEvent = false,
+) {
+  return profileBuffer.add(
+    {
+      id,
+      first_name: firstName!,
+      last_name: lastName!,
+      email: email!,
+      avatar: avatar!,
+      properties: properties as Record<string, string | undefined>,
+      project_id: projectId,
+      created_at: formatClickhouseDate(new Date()),
+      is_external: isExternal,
+    },
+    isFromEvent,
+  );
 }
 
 export async function getProfileId({