diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoFrame.tsx b/web/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoFrame.tsx
index 3603e43535..e814b19623 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoFrame.tsx
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoFrame.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import log from "@/base/log";
 import {
     downloadManager,
     type LivePhotoSourceURL,
+    type LoadedLivePhotoSourceURL,
     type RenderableSourceURLs,
 } from "@/gallery/services/download";
 import { EnteFile } from "@/media/file";
@@ -45,6 +46,16 @@ const PHOTOSWIPE_HASH_SUFFIX = "&opened";
 export type DisplayFile = EnteFile & {
     src?: string;
     srcURLs?: RenderableSourceURLs;
+    /**
+     * An object URL corresponding to the image portion, if any, associated with
+     * the {@link DisplayFile}.
+     *
+     * - For images, this will be the object URL of the renderable image itself.
+     * - For live photos, this will be the object URL of the image portion of
+     *   the live photo.
+     * - For videos, this will not be defined.
+     */
+    associatedImageURL?: string | undefined;
     msrc?: string;
     html?: string;
     w?: number;
@@ -550,7 +561,16 @@ const updateDisplayFileSource = (
             : true;
     file.canForceConvert = srcURLs.canForceConvert;
     file.conversionFailed = !isRenderable;
-    file.srcURLs = srcURLs;
+    file.associatedImageURL = (() => {
+        switch (file.metadata.fileType) {
+            case FileType.image:
+                return srcURLs.url as string;
+            case FileType.livePhoto:
+                return (srcURLs.url as LoadedLivePhotoSourceURL).image;
+            default:
+                return undefined;
+        }
+    })();
     if (!isRenderable) {
         file.isSourceLoaded = true;
         return;
@@ -574,7 +594,7 @@ const updateDisplayFileSource = (
                 `;
         } else {
             const { image: imageURL, video: videoURL } =
-                url as LivePhotoSourceURL;
+                url as LoadedLivePhotoSourceURL;
 
             file.html = `
             <div class = 'pswp-item-container'>
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoViewer/index.tsx b/web/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoViewer/index.tsx
index 6dfdfd825a..5fe68294ef 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoViewer/index.tsx
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoViewer/index.tsx
@@ -6,10 +6,7 @@ import { Overlay } from "@/base/components/mui/Container";
 import { type ModalVisibilityProps } from "@/base/components/utils/modal";
 import { lowercaseExtension } from "@/base/file-name";
 import log from "@/base/log";
-import {
-    downloadManager,
-    type LoadedLivePhotoSourceURL,
-} from "@/gallery/services/download";
+import { downloadManager } from "@/gallery/services/download";
 import { fileLogID, type EnteFile } from "@/media/file";
 import { FileType } from "@/media/file-type";
 import { isHEICExtension, needsJPEGConversion } from "@/media/formats";
@@ -365,11 +362,7 @@ function PhotoViewer(props: PhotoViewerProps) {
             return;
         }
 
-        const key =
-            file.metadata.fileType === FileType.image
-                ? file.src
-                : (file.srcURLs.url as LoadedLivePhotoSourceURL).image;
-
+        const key = file.associatedImageURL;
         if (exifCopy?.current?.key === key) return;
 
         setExif({ key, value: undefined });
@@ -638,12 +631,16 @@ function PhotoViewer(props: PhotoViewerProps) {
     const checkExifAvailable = async (enteFile: DisplayFile) => {
         if (exifExtractionInProgress.current === enteFile.src) return;
 
+        const associatedImageURL = enteFile.associatedImageURL;
+        if (!associatedImageURL) {
+            assertionFailed();
+            return;
+        }
+
         try {
             exifExtractionInProgress.current = enteFile.src;
             const file = await getFileFromURL(
-                enteFile.metadata.fileType === FileType.image
-                    ? (enteFile.src as string)
-                    : (enteFile.srcURLs.url as LoadedLivePhotoSourceURL).image,
+                associatedImageURL,
                 enteFile.metadata.title,
             );
             const tags = await extractRawExif(file);