diff -u b/core/modules/media/src/Entity/Media.php b/core/modules/media/src/Entity/Media.php
--- b/core/modules/media/src/Entity/Media.php
+++ b/core/modules/media/src/Entity/Media.php
@@ -281,8 +281,8 @@
         foreach ($translation->bundle->entity->getFieldMap() as $metadata_attribute_name => $entity_field_name) {
           // Only save value in entity field if empty. Do not overwrite existing
           // data.
-          if ($translation->hasField($entity_field_name) && ($translation->get($entity_field_name)->isEmpty() || $translation->sourceFieldChanged()) && ($value = $media_source->getMetadata($translation, $metadata_attribute_name)) && $value !== NULL) {
-            $translation->set($entity_field_name, $value);
+          if ($translation->hasField($entity_field_name) && ($translation->get($entity_field_name)->isEmpty() || $translation->sourceFieldChanged())) {
+            $translation->set($entity_field_name, $media_source->getMetadata($translation, $metadata_attribute_name));
           }
         }