diff --git a/core-web/libs/edit-content/src/lib/fields/dot-edit-content-file-field/components/dot-file-field/dot-file-field.component.spec.ts b/core-web/libs/edit-content/src/lib/fields/dot-edit-content-file-field/components/dot-file-field/dot-file-field.component.spec.ts
index d483e45b992e..302e62add588 100644
--- a/core-web/libs/edit-content/src/lib/fields/dot-edit-content-file-field/components/dot-file-field/dot-file-field.component.spec.ts
+++ b/core-web/libs/edit-content/src/lib/fields/dot-edit-content-file-field/components/dot-file-field/dot-file-field.component.spec.ts
@@ -195,6 +195,43 @@ describe('DotFileFieldComponent', () => {
             expect(applySpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(EDITED_TEMP_FILE);
         });
 
+        it('should use the injected fieldVariable when the Binary preview is hydrated from the parent contentlet', () => {
+            mockImageEditorLauncher.isAvailable.mockReturnValue(true);
+            mockImageEditorLauncher.open.mockReturnValue(of(EDITED_TEMP_FILE));
+            spectator = createComponent({
+                props: {
+                    field: BINARY_FIELD_MOCK,
+                    contentlet: createFakeContentlet({ [BINARY_FIELD_MOCK.variable]: null }),
+                    hasError: false
+                } as never
+            });
+            spectator.detectChanges();
+
+            spectator.component.store.setPreviewFile({
+                source: 'contentlet',
+                file: {
+                    ...createFakeContentlet({}),
+                    inode: 'parent-inode',
+                    // The parent's titleImage points at a reference field with no binary;
+                    // the editor must use the field variable injected by the store instead
+                    titleImage: 'image',
+                    fieldVariable: BINARY_FIELD_MOCK.variable,
+                    metaData: { isImage: true, contentType: 'image/png', name: 'img.png' }
+                }
+            } as never);
+            spectator.detectChanges();
+
+            spectator.component.onEditImage();
+
+            expect(mockImageEditorLauncher.open).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+                expect.objectContaining({
+                    inode: 'parent-inode',
+                    variable: BINARY_FIELD_MOCK.variable,
+                    fieldName: BINARY_FIELD_MOCK.variable
+                })
+            );
+        });
+
         it('should fall back to the legacy editor when the new launcher is unavailable', () => {
             mockImageEditorLauncher.isAvailable.mockReturnValue(false);
             setupBinaryWithImage();
diff --git a/core-web/libs/edit-content/src/lib/fields/dot-edit-content-file-field/components/dot-file-field/dot-file-field.component.ts b/core-web/libs/edit-content/src/lib/fields/dot-edit-content-file-field/components/dot-file-field/dot-file-field.component.ts
index 9b1f531332eb..e4fa60146753 100644
--- a/core-web/libs/edit-content/src/lib/fields/dot-edit-content-file-field/components/dot-file-field/dot-file-field.component.ts
+++ b/core-web/libs/edit-content/src/lib/fields/dot-edit-content-file-field/components/dot-file-field/dot-file-field.component.ts
@@ -400,12 +400,15 @@ export class DotFileFieldComponent
         // unsaved draft that has no uploaded file yet fall back to the parent.
         const inode =
             uploaded?.source === 'contentlet' ? uploaded.file.inode : this.$contentlet()?.inode;
-        // For a standalone contentlet (e.g. AI-generated image) the image lives in
-        // its own field (titleImage), not in the parent binary field variable.
-        // The JSP uses this as fieldName to load /contentAsset/image/{inode}/{field}/.
+        // Resolve the field that actually holds the binary for /contentAsset/image/{inode}/{field}/:
+        // - Binary hydrated from the parent contentlet (setFileFromContentlet) injects
+        //   `fieldVariable` — the parent's titleImage would point at an unrelated
+        //   reference field with no binary (404).
+        // - Standalone assets (dotAsset via getAssetData, AI-generated) carry no
+        //   fieldVariable; their image lives in their own titleImage field.
         const editorVariable =
             uploaded?.source === 'contentlet'
-                ? String(uploaded.file['titleImage'] ?? variable)
+                ? String(uploaded.file['fieldVariable'] ?? uploaded.file['titleImage'] ?? variable)
                 : variable;
 
         // Prefer the new Angular image editor when its launcher is provided (Angular