diff --git a/backend/geonature/core/gn_meta/mtd/__init__.py b/backend/geonature/core/gn_meta/mtd/__init__.py
index 7364c79ced..156888ef28 100644
--- a/backend/geonature/core/gn_meta/mtd/__init__.py
+++ b/backend/geonature/core/gn_meta/mtd/__init__.py
@@ -206,6 +206,8 @@ def process_af_and_ds(af_list, ds_list, id_role=None):
             add_unexisting_digitizer(af["id_digitizer"] if not id_role else id_role)
             user_add_total_time += time.time() - start_add_user_time
         af = sync_af(af)
+        # Commit here to retrieve the AF even if the association of actors that follows is to fail
+        db.session.commit()
         # If the AF has not been retrieved, associated actors cannot be retrieved either
         #   and thus we continue to the next AF
         if not af: