diff --git a/src/components/ProfilePage.jsx b/src/components/ProfilePage.jsx
index 38e65ea..0ed1ebb 100644
--- a/src/components/ProfilePage.jsx
+++ b/src/components/ProfilePage.jsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
-import { Container, Row, Col } from 'reactstrap';
+import { Container, Row, Col, Alert } from 'reactstrap';
 import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import { logEvent } from '../analytics/analytics';
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export class ProfilePage extends React.Component {
       profileImage,
       username,
       dateJoined,
-      errors,
+      photoUploadError,
       name,
       visibilityName,
       country,
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ export class ProfilePage extends React.Component {
       closeHandler: this.handleClose,
       submitHandler: this.handleSubmit,
       changeHandler: this.handleChange,
-      errors,
     };
 
     return (
@@ -119,6 +118,7 @@ export class ProfilePage extends React.Component {
                   isEditable={this.props.isCurrentUserProfile}
                 />
                 <div>
+                  {photoUploadError !== null ? <Alert color="danger">{photoUploadError.userMessage}</Alert> : null}
                   <h2 className="mb-0">{username}</h2>
                   <DateJoined date={dateJoined} />
                 </div>
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ ProfilePage.propTypes = {
   savePhotoState: PropTypes.oneOf([null, 'pending', 'complete', 'error']),
 
   // Page state helpers
-  errors: PropTypes.objectOf(PropTypes.string),
+  photoUploadError: PropTypes.objectOf(PropTypes.string),
 
   // Actions
   fetchProfile: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ ProfilePage.propTypes = {
 ProfilePage.defaultProps = {
   saveState: null,
   savePhotoState: null,
-  errors: {},
+  photoUploadError: {},
   profileImage: {},
   name: null,
   username: null,
diff --git a/src/reducers/ProfilePageReducer.js b/src/reducers/ProfilePageReducer.js
index 2c543f9..640ef12 100644
--- a/src/reducers/ProfilePageReducer.js
+++ b/src/reducers/ProfilePageReducer.js
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ const profilePage = (state = initialState, action) => {
       return {
         ...state,
         savePhotoState: 'error',
-        errors: Object.assign({}, state.errors, action.payload.errors),
+        errors: Object.assign({}, state.errors, { photo: action.payload.error }),
       };
     case SAVE_PROFILE_PHOTO.RESET:
       return {
diff --git a/src/sagas/RootSaga.js b/src/sagas/RootSaga.js
index cc1681e..e0f2285 100644
--- a/src/sagas/RootSaga.js
+++ b/src/sagas/RootSaga.js
@@ -122,9 +122,12 @@ export function* handleSaveProfile(action) {
     yield put(saveProfileReset());
     yield put(resetDrafts());
   } catch (e) {
-    // TODO: If this is any other kind of exception than a known validation error from the server,
-    // this code will fail gracelessly when it can't find fieldErrors on the error.
-    yield put(saveProfileFailure(e.fieldErrors));
+    if (e.processedData.fieldErrors) {
+      yield put(saveProfileFailure(e.processedData.fieldErrors));
+    } else {
+      // TODO: Currently failing silently on other kinds of errors
+      yield put(saveProfileReset());
+    }
   }
 }
 
@@ -141,7 +144,12 @@ export function* handleSaveProfilePhoto(action) {
     yield put(saveProfilePhotoSuccess());
     yield put(saveProfilePhotoReset());
   } catch (e) {
-    yield put(saveProfilePhotoFailure(e.message));
+    if (e.processedData) {
+      yield put(saveProfilePhotoFailure(e.processedData));
+    } else {
+      // TODO: Currently failing silently on other kinds of errors
+      yield put(saveProfilePhotoReset());
+    }
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/sagas/RootSaga.test.js b/src/sagas/RootSaga.test.js
index a1c4eed..b5b2fbe 100644
--- a/src/sagas/RootSaga.test.js
+++ b/src/sagas/RootSaga.test.js
@@ -74,8 +74,10 @@ describe('RootSaga', () => {
 
     it('should successfully publish a failure action on exception', () => {
       const error = new Error('uhoh');
-      error.fieldErrors = {
-        uhoh: 'not good',
+      error.processedData = {
+        fieldErrors: {
+          uhoh: 'not good',
+        },
       };
       const action = profileActions.saveProfile(
         'my username',
diff --git a/src/selectors/ProfilePageSelector.js b/src/selectors/ProfilePageSelector.js
index 47913bb..0c46377 100644
--- a/src/selectors/ProfilePageSelector.js
+++ b/src/selectors/ProfilePageSelector.js
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export const visibilityDraftsFieldSelector = createSelector(
 export const formErrorSelector = createSelector(
   accountErrorsSelector,
   formIdSelector,
-  (errors, formId) => errors[formId] || null,
+  (errors, formId) => (errors[formId] ? errors[formId].userMessage : null),
 );
 
 export const editableFormSelector = createSelector(
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ export const profilePageSelector = createSelector(
   savePhotoStateSelector,
   isCurrentUserProfileSelector,
   draftSocialLinksByPlatformSelector,
+  accountErrorsSelector,
   (
     account,
     formValues,
@@ -272,6 +273,7 @@ export const profilePageSelector = createSelector(
     savePhotoState,
     isCurrentUserProfile,
     draftSocialLinksByPlatform,
+    errors,
   ) => ({
     // Account data we need
     username: account.username,
@@ -312,5 +314,6 @@ export const profilePageSelector = createSelector(
     saveState,
     savePhotoState,
     isCurrentUserProfile,
+    photoUploadError: errors.photo || null,
   }),
 );
diff --git a/src/services/ProfileApiService.js b/src/services/ProfileApiService.js
index 4ff9785..3d7ccb0 100644
--- a/src/services/ProfileApiService.js
+++ b/src/services/ProfileApiService.js
@@ -39,12 +39,7 @@ export async function patchProfile(username, params) {
     },
   ).catch((error) => {
     const processedError = Object.create(error);
-    const fieldErrors = Object.entries(processAccountData(error.response.data.field_errors))
-      .reduce((acc, [fieldKey, messages]) => {
-        acc[fieldKey] = messages.userMessage;
-        return acc;
-      }, {});
-    processedError.fieldErrors = fieldErrors;
+    processedError.processedData = processAccountData(error.response.data);
     throw processedError;
   });
 
@@ -63,7 +58,11 @@ export async function postProfilePhoto(username, formData) {
         'Content-Type': 'multipart/form-data',
       },
     },
-  );
+  ).catch((error) => {
+    const processedError = Object.create(error);
+    processedError.processedData = camelCaseObject(error.response.data);
+    throw processedError;
+  });
 
   return camelCaseObject(data);
 }