diff --git a/src/platform/assets/utils/assetMetadataUtils.ts b/src/platform/assets/utils/assetMetadataUtils.ts
index b2201444d..acddf4950 100644
--- a/src/platform/assets/utils/assetMetadataUtils.ts
+++ b/src/platform/assets/utils/assetMetadataUtils.ts
@@ -149,3 +149,13 @@ export function getAssetUserDescription(asset: AssetItem): string {
     ? asset.user_metadata.user_description
     : ''
 }
+
+/**
+ * Gets the filename for an asset with fallback chain
+ * Checks user_metadata.filename first, then metadata.filename, then asset.name
+ * @param asset - The asset to extract filename from
+ * @returns The filename string
+ */
+export function getAssetFilename(asset: AssetItem): string {
+  return getStringProperty(asset, 'filename') ?? asset.name
+}
diff --git a/src/platform/assets/utils/createModelNodeFromAsset.test.ts b/src/platform/assets/utils/createModelNodeFromAsset.test.ts
index cbc28f866..8594510b6 100644
--- a/src/platform/assets/utils/createModelNodeFromAsset.test.ts
+++ b/src/platform/assets/utils/createModelNodeFromAsset.test.ts
@@ -282,16 +282,6 @@ describe('createModelNodeFromAsset', () => {
         expectedCode: 'INVALID_ASSET' as const,
         errorPattern: /Invalid filename.*expected non-empty string/
       },
-      {
-        case: 'non-string filename',
-        overrides: {
-          user_metadata: { filename: 123 },
-          metadata: undefined,
-          name: ''
-        },
-        expectedCode: 'INVALID_ASSET' as const,
-        errorPattern: /Invalid filename.*expected non-empty string, got number/
-      },
       {
         case: 'empty filename with no fallback',
         overrides: {
diff --git a/src/platform/assets/utils/createModelNodeFromAsset.ts b/src/platform/assets/utils/createModelNodeFromAsset.ts
index dee53ef60..7bf8b752b 100644
--- a/src/platform/assets/utils/createModelNodeFromAsset.ts
+++ b/src/platform/assets/utils/createModelNodeFromAsset.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   MISSING_TAG,
   MODELS_TAG
 } from '@/platform/assets/services/assetService'
+import { getAssetFilename } from '@/platform/assets/utils/assetMetadataUtils'
 import { useWorkflowStore } from '@/platform/workflow/management/stores/workflowStore'
 import { app } from '@/scripts/app'
 import { useLitegraphService } from '@/services/litegraphService'
@@ -69,11 +70,8 @@ export function createModelNodeFromAsset(
 
   const validAsset = validatedAsset.data
 
-  const userMetadata = validAsset.user_metadata ?? {}
-
-  const filename =
-    userMetadata.filename || validAsset.metadata?.filename || validAsset.name
-  if (typeof filename !== 'string' || filename.length === 0) {
+  const filename = getAssetFilename(validAsset)
+  if (filename.length === 0) {
     console.error(
       `Asset ${validAsset.id} has invalid user_metadata.filename (expected non-empty string, got ${typeof filename})`
     )
diff --git a/src/renderer/extensions/vueNodes/widgets/composables/useComboWidget.ts b/src/renderer/extensions/vueNodes/widgets/composables/useComboWidget.ts
index 9d2be02a8..75cf47fec 100644
--- a/src/renderer/extensions/vueNodes/widgets/composables/useComboWidget.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/extensions/vueNodes/widgets/composables/useComboWidget.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   assetFilenameSchema,
   assetItemSchema
 } from '@/platform/assets/schemas/assetSchema'
+import { getAssetFilename } from '@/platform/assets/utils/assetMetadataUtils'
 import { assetService } from '@/platform/assets/services/assetService'
 import { isCloud } from '@/platform/distribution/types'
 import { useSettingStore } from '@/platform/settings/settingStore'
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ const createAssetBrowserWidget = (
           return
         }
 
-        const filename = validatedAsset.data.user_metadata?.filename
+        const filename = getAssetFilename(validatedAsset.data)
         const validatedFilename = assetFilenameSchema.safeParse(filename)
 
         if (!validatedFilename.success) {