diff -u b/manualcrop.helpers.inc b/manualcrop.helpers.inc
--- b/manualcrop.helpers.inc
+++ b/manualcrop.helpers.inc
@@ -240,6 +240,10 @@
         'required_styles' => $required,
       );
     }
+    else {
+      $form_state['manualcrop_data']['images'][$file->fid]['element_parents'] = array_merge($form_state['manualcrop_data']['images'][$file->fid]['element_parents'], array($container['#parents']));
+      $form_state['manualcrop_data']['images'][$file->fid]['required_styles'] = array_merge($form_state['manualcrop_data']['images'][$file->fid]['required_styles'], $required);
+    }
 
     // Get the crop selections for this file.
     $submitted = (isset($form_state['inline_entity_form']) ? FALSE : $form_state['submitted']);
diff -u b/manualcrop.module b/manualcrop.module
--- b/manualcrop.module
+++ b/manualcrop.module
@@ -427,8 +427,8 @@
       foreach ($image['element_parents'] as $parent) {
         $value = drupal_array_get_nested_value($form_state['values'], $parent);
         if (!empty($value['manualcrop_selections'])) {
-          // Create a selections array for the current image, the first element is
-          // the path to the original image, needed for flushing the cache.
+          // Create a selections array for the current image, the first element
+          // is the path to the original image, needed for flushing the cache.
           if (!isset($selections[$fid])) {
             $selections[$fid] = array(
               'path' => $image['uri'],