diff --git a/apps/portal/src/app/features/profile/pages/ProfilePage.tsx b/apps/portal/src/app/features/profile/pages/ProfilePage.tsx
index fa4373973..14f709b8b 100644
--- a/apps/portal/src/app/features/profile/pages/ProfilePage.tsx
+++ b/apps/portal/src/app/features/profile/pages/ProfilePage.tsx
@@ -269,13 +269,11 @@ export function ProfilePage() {
   });
 
   const onSavePersonal = async (values: PersonalValues) => {
+    if (!user) return;
+
     setIsSavingProfile(true);
     try {
-      // The PATCH already returns the updated user — trusting it instead of
-      // an immediate follow-up GET avoids a read-after-write race where the
-      // GET can return pre-edit data and silently undo `setUser` below,
-      // which is why the change used to only show up after a re-login.
-      const updated = await updateTrigger({
+      await updateTrigger({
         url: '/auth/update-profile',
         method: 'PATCH',
         body: {
@@ -286,7 +284,25 @@ export function ProfilePage() {
         },
       }).unwrap();
 
-      dispatch(setUser(updated));
+      // Update the session from the values that were just accepted. The
+      // endpoint is allowed to return no body (or a response wrapper), so
+      // treating its response as an AuthUser can blank or retain stale UI
+      // state until the next login.
+      const updatedUser: AuthUser = {
+        ...user,
+        email: values.email,
+        username: values.username,
+        phoneNumber: values.phoneNumber,
+        name: { am: values.nameAm, en: values.nameEn },
+      };
+      dispatch(setUser(updatedUser));
+      resetPersonal({
+        nameEn: updatedUser.name.en,
+        nameAm: updatedUser.name.am,
+        username: updatedUser.username,
+        email: updatedUser.email,
+        phoneNumber: updatedUser.phoneNumber,
+      });
       notify.success(t('profile.profileUpdated'));
     } catch (e) {
       handleError(e);