diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Extras/Metadata/MetadataService.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Extras/Metadata/MetadataService.cs
index d988ccdae..a0bd09002 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Extras/Metadata/MetadataService.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Extras/Metadata/MetadataService.cs
@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@ private List<MetadataFile> ProcessMovieImages(IMetadata consumer, Movie movie, L
         private void DownloadImage(Movie movie, ImageFileResult image)
         {
             var fullPath = Path.Combine(movie.Path, image.RelativePath);
+            var downloaded = true;
 
             try
             {
@@ -304,12 +305,19 @@ private void DownloadImage(Movie movie, ImageFileResult image)
                 {
                     _httpClient.DownloadFile(image.Url, fullPath);
                 }
-                else
+                else if (_diskProvider.FileExists(image.Url))
                 {
                     _diskProvider.CopyFile(image.Url, fullPath);
                 }
+                else
+                {
+                    downloaded = false;
+                }
 
-                _mediaFileAttributeService.SetFilePermissions(fullPath);
+                if (downloaded)
+                {
+                    _mediaFileAttributeService.SetFilePermissions(fullPath);
+                }
             }
             catch (HttpException ex)
             {