diff --git a/app/Controllers/Purchaseorder.php b/app/Controllers/Purchaseorder.php
index 1d82d47e..2ffe2457 100755
--- a/app/Controllers/Purchaseorder.php
+++ b/app/Controllers/Purchaseorder.php
@@ -1315,10 +1315,11 @@ class Purchaseorder extends BaseController
         if (!is_dir($path)) {
           mkdir($path, 0777, true);
         }
-        if (!empty($this->purchaseorder_model->isFileExists($requestfilename))) {
+        if (!empty($this->purchaseorder_model->isFileExists($requestfilename))
+        && file_exists($path .$requestfilename)) {
           log_message('error', 'File already exists in the database' . $requestfilename);
           $POList['POFile'] = $requestfilename;
-          
+
         } else {
           $file->move($path, $requestfilename);
           $POList['POFile'] = $requestfilename;
@@ -2235,7 +2236,8 @@ class Purchaseorder extends BaseController
         if (!is_dir($path)) {
           mkdir($path, 0777, true);
         }
-        if (!empty($this->purchaseorder_model->isFileExists($requestfilename))) {
+        if (!empty($this->purchaseorder_model->isFileExists($requestfilename))
+        && file_exists($path .$requestfilename)) {
           log_message('error', 'File already exists in the database' . $requestfilename);
           $POList['POFile'] = $requestfilename;
         } else {
@@ -2963,7 +2965,8 @@ class Purchaseorder extends BaseController
         if (!is_dir($path)) {
           mkdir($path, 0777, true);
         }
-        if (!empty($this->purchaseorder_model->isFileExists($requestfilename))) {
+        if (!empty($this->purchaseorder_model->isFileExists($requestfilename)) 
+         && file_exists($path .$requestfilename)) {
           log_message('error', 'File already exists in the database' . $requestfilename); 
           $POList['POFile'] = $requestfilename;
         } else {
diff --git a/app/Controllers/Servicepurchaseorder.php b/app/Controllers/Servicepurchaseorder.php
index 1bed9d67..6a28b89e 100755
--- a/app/Controllers/Servicepurchaseorder.php
+++ b/app/Controllers/Servicepurchaseorder.php
@@ -424,7 +424,8 @@ class Servicepurchaseorder extends BaseController
 					if (!is_dir($path)) {
 						mkdir($path, 0777, true);
 					}
-					if (!empty($this->purchaseorder_model->isFileExists($requestfilename))) {
+					if (!empty($this->purchaseorder_model->isFileExists($requestfilename))
+					    && file_exists($path .$requestfilename)) {
 						log_message('error', 'File already exists in the database: ' . $requestfilename);
 					    $POList['POFile'] = $requestfilename;
 					} else {