diff --git a/modules/ve-mw/dm/nodes/ve.dm.MWImageNode.js b/modules/ve-mw/dm/nodes/ve.dm.MWImageNode.js
index 4d525b51ff..2d8e3cbd64 100644
--- a/modules/ve-mw/dm/nodes/ve.dm.MWImageNode.js
+++ b/modules/ve-mw/dm/nodes/ve.dm.MWImageNode.js
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ ve.dm.MWImageNode.prototype.onAttributeChange = function ( key, from, to ) {
  */
 ve.dm.MWImageNode.prototype.getFilename = function () {
 	// Strip ./ stuff and decode URI encoding
-	var resource = this.getAttribute( 'resource' ),
+	var resource = this.getAttribute( 'resource' ) || '',
 		filename = resource.replace( /^(\.+\/)*/, '' );
 
 	// Protect against decodeURIComponent() throwing exceptions