diff --git a/geonode/geoserver/helpers.py b/geonode/geoserver/helpers.py
index d4ea1a88f7e..0f156b61b46 100755
--- a/geonode/geoserver/helpers.py
+++ b/geonode/geoserver/helpers.py
@@ -1151,7 +1151,7 @@ def save_style(gs_style, layer):
     try:
         style, created = Style.objects.get_or_create(name=style_name)
         style.workspace = gs_style.workspace
-        style.sld_title = gs_style.sld_title if gs_style.style_format != 'css' else sld_name
+        style.sld_title = gs_style.sld_title if gs_style.style_format != 'css' and gs_style.sld_title else sld_name
         style.sld_body = gs_style.sld_body
         style.sld_url = gs_style.body_href
         style.save()
diff --git a/geonode/geoserver/views.py b/geonode/geoserver/views.py
index 306365923f2..ff150f0eeb8 100644
--- a/geonode/geoserver/views.py
+++ b/geonode/geoserver/views.py
@@ -526,13 +526,13 @@ def strip_prefix(path, prefix):
                 logger.debug(
                     f"[geoserver_proxy] Updating Style ---> url {url.geturl()}")
                 _style_name, _style_ext = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(urlsplit(url.geturl()).path))
+                _parsed_get_args = dict(parse_qsl(urlsplit(url.geturl()).query))
                 if _style_name == 'styles.json' and request.method == "PUT":
-                    _parsed_get_args = dict(parse_qsl(urlsplit(url.geturl()).query))
-                    if 'name' in _parsed_get_args:
-                        _style_name, _style_ext = os.path.splitext(_parsed_get_args['name'])
+                    if _parsed_get_args.get('name'):
+                        _style_name, _style_ext = os.path.splitext(_parsed_get_args.get('name'))
                 else:
                     _style_name, _style_ext = os.path.splitext(_style_name)
-                if _style_name != 'style-check' and _style_ext == '.json' and \
+                if _style_name != 'style-check' and (_style_ext == '.json' or _parsed_get_args.get('raw')) and \
                         not re.match(temp_style_name_regex, _style_name):
                     affected_layers = style_update(request, raw_url)
             elif downstream_path == 'rest/layers':