diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Controller/Adminhtml/Category/Edit.php b/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Controller/Adminhtml/Category/Edit.php
index 694c74b2860fb..3f81b2bbd0ea1 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Controller/Adminhtml/Category/Edit.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Controller/Adminhtml/Category/Edit.php
@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ public function execute()
          */
         $data = $this->_getSession()->getCategoryData(true);
         if (isset($data['general'])) {
+            if (isset($data['general']['image']['delete'])) {
+                $data['general']['image'] = null;
+            } else {
+                unset($data['general']['image']);
+            }
             $category->addData($data['general']);
         }
 
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Controller/Adminhtml/Category/Save.php b/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Controller/Adminhtml/Category/Save.php
index 0d0d6ee9980d9..852c465b1482a 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Controller/Adminhtml/Category/Save.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Controller/Adminhtml/Category/Save.php
@@ -198,6 +198,10 @@ public function execute()
                 $this->messageManager->addError($e->getMessage());
                 $this->_objectManager->get(\Psr\Log\LoggerInterface::class)->critical($e);
                 $this->_getSession()->setCategoryData($data);
+            } catch (\Magento\Framework\Exception\LocalizedException $e) {
+                $this->messageManager->addError($e->getMessage());
+                $this->_objectManager->get(\Psr\Log\LoggerInterface::class)->critical($e);
+                $this->_getSession()->setCategoryData($data);
             } catch (\Exception $e) {
                 $this->messageManager->addError(__('Something went wrong while saving the category.'));
                 $this->_objectManager->get(\Psr\Log\LoggerInterface::class)->critical($e);
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Model/Category.php b/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Model/Category.php
index 686f53261009e..7e0507545c65a 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Model/Category.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Model/Category.php
@@ -661,9 +661,15 @@ public function getImageUrl()
         $url = false;
         $image = $this->getImage();
         if ($image) {
-            $url = $this->_storeManager->getStore()->getBaseUrl(
-                \Magento\Framework\UrlInterface::URL_TYPE_MEDIA
-            ) . 'catalog/category/' . $image;
+            if (is_string($image)) {
+                $url = $this->_storeManager->getStore()->getBaseUrl(
+                    \Magento\Framework\UrlInterface::URL_TYPE_MEDIA
+                ) . 'catalog/category/' . $image;
+            } else {
+                throw new \Magento\Framework\Exception\LocalizedException(
+                    __('Something went wrong while getting the image url.')
+                );
+            }
         }
         return $url;
     }
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Model/Category/DataProvider.php b/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Model/Category/DataProvider.php
index 11bbea66d99c7..e1d1ee848f288 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Model/Category/DataProvider.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Model/Category/DataProvider.php
@@ -277,12 +277,14 @@ public function getAttributesMeta(Type $entityType)
     protected function addUseConfigSettings($categoryData)
     {
         foreach ($this->elementsWithUseConfigSetting as $elementsWithUseConfigSetting) {
-            if (!isset($categoryData[$elementsWithUseConfigSetting]) ||
-                ($categoryData[$elementsWithUseConfigSetting] == '')
-            ) {
-                $categoryData['use_config'][$elementsWithUseConfigSetting] = true;
-            } else {
-                $categoryData['use_config'][$elementsWithUseConfigSetting] = false;
+            if (!isset($categoryData['use_config'][$elementsWithUseConfigSetting])) {
+                if (!isset($categoryData[$elementsWithUseConfigSetting]) ||
+                    ($categoryData[$elementsWithUseConfigSetting] == '')
+                ) {
+                    $categoryData['use_config'][$elementsWithUseConfigSetting] = true;
+                } else {
+                    $categoryData['use_config'][$elementsWithUseConfigSetting] = false;
+                }
             }
         }
         return $categoryData;
diff --git a/dev/tests/functional/tests/app/Magento/CatalogRule/Test/TestCase/CreateCatalogRuleTest.php b/dev/tests/functional/tests/app/Magento/CatalogRule/Test/TestCase/CreateCatalogRuleTest.php
index 60180ab446d76..8bf4930fdbcd5 100644
--- a/dev/tests/functional/tests/app/Magento/CatalogRule/Test/TestCase/CreateCatalogRuleTest.php
+++ b/dev/tests/functional/tests/app/Magento/CatalogRule/Test/TestCase/CreateCatalogRuleTest.php
@@ -39,11 +39,17 @@ class CreateCatalogRuleTest extends AbstractCatalogRuleEntityTest
      * @param CatalogRule $catalogPriceRule
      * @param string $product
      * @param string $conditionEntity
+     * @param bool $isWithApply
      * @param Customer $customer
      * @return array
      */
-    public function testCreate(CatalogRule $catalogPriceRule, $product, $conditionEntity, Customer $customer = null)
-    {
+    public function testCreate(
+        CatalogRule $catalogPriceRule,
+        $product,
+        $conditionEntity,
+        $isWithApply = true,
+        Customer $customer = null
+    ) {
         /** @var CatalogProductSimple $productSimple */
         $productSimple = $this->fixtureFactory->createByCode('catalogProductSimple', ['dataset' => $product]);
         // Prepare data
@@ -60,8 +66,10 @@ public function testCreate(CatalogRule $catalogPriceRule, $product, $conditionEn
         $this->catalogRuleNew->getEditForm()->fill($catalogPriceRule, null, $replace);
         $this->catalogRuleNew->getFormPageActions()->save();
 
-        // Apply Catalog Price Rule
-        $this->catalogRuleIndex->getGridPageActions()->applyRules();
+        if ($isWithApply) {
+            // Apply Catalog Price Rule
+            $this->catalogRuleIndex->getGridPageActions()->applyRules();
+        }
 
         // Create simple product
         $productSimple->persist();
diff --git a/dev/tests/integration/testsuite/Magento/Catalog/Controller/Adminhtml/CategoryTest.php b/dev/tests/integration/testsuite/Magento/Catalog/Controller/Adminhtml/CategoryTest.php
index 2e80d13233b2f..534a39ad58c9f 100644
--- a/dev/tests/integration/testsuite/Magento/Catalog/Controller/Adminhtml/CategoryTest.php
+++ b/dev/tests/integration/testsuite/Magento/Catalog/Controller/Adminhtml/CategoryTest.php
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ public function testSaveActionCategoryWithDangerRequest()
         );
         $this->dispatch('backend/catalog/category/save');
         $this->assertSessionMessages(
-            $this->equalTo(['Something went wrong while saving the category.']),
+            $this->equalTo(['The value of attribute "is_active" must be set']),
             \Magento\Framework\Message\MessageInterface::TYPE_ERROR
         );
     }