diff --git a/modules/profile/profile.module b/modules/profile/profile.module
index e8c0539..ec139cb 100644
--- a/modules/profile/profile.module
+++ b/modules/profile/profile.module
@@ -236,13 +236,15 @@ function profile_load_profile(&$user) {
 function profile_save_profile(&$edit, &$user, $category, $register = FALSE) {
   $result = _profile_get_fields($category, $register);
   while ($field = db_fetch_object($result)) {
-    if (_profile_field_serialize($field->type)) {
-      $edit[$field->name] = serialize($edit[$field->name]);
+    if (array_key_exists($field->name, $edit)) {
+      if (_profile_field_serialize($field->type)) {
+        $edit[$field->name] = serialize($edit[$field->name]);
+      }
+      db_query("DELETE FROM {profile_values} WHERE fid = %d AND uid = %d", $field->fid, $user->uid);
+      db_query("INSERT INTO {profile_values} (fid, uid, value) VALUES (%d, %d, '%s')", $field->fid, $user->uid, $edit[$field->name]);
+      // Mark field as handled (prevents saving to user->data).
+      $edit[$field->name] = NULL;
     }
-    db_query("DELETE FROM {profile_values} WHERE fid = %d AND uid = %d", $field->fid, $user->uid);
-    db_query("INSERT INTO {profile_values} (fid, uid, value) VALUES (%d, %d, '%s')", $field->fid, $user->uid, $edit[$field->name]);
-    // Mark field as handled (prevents saving to user->data).
-    $edit[$field->name] = NULL;
   }
 }