diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/metadataService.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/metadataService.ts
index 5a8c4e1f5..a08b3a7a1 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/metadataService.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/metadataService.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { encodeLivePhoto } from "@/media/live-photo";
-import { getFileNameSize } from "@/next/file";
+import { basename, getFileNameSize } from "@/next/file";
 import log from "@/next/log";
 import { DedicatedCryptoWorker } from "@ente/shared/crypto/internal/crypto.worker";
 import { CustomError } from "@ente/shared/error";
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import {
     ParsedExtractedMetadata,
     ParsedMetadataJSON,
     ParsedMetadataJSONMap,
+    type LivePhotoAssets2,
 } from "types/upload";
 import { getFileTypeFromExtensionForLivePhotoClustering } from "utils/file/livePhoto";
 import { getUint8ArrayView } from "../readerService";
@@ -374,9 +375,8 @@ export function getLivePhotoSize(livePhotoAssets: LivePhotoAssets) {
     return livePhotoAssets.image.size + livePhotoAssets.video.size;
 }
 
-export function getLivePhotoName(livePhotoAssets: LivePhotoAssets) {
-    return livePhotoAssets.image.name;
-}
+export const getLivePhotoName = ({ image }: LivePhotoAssets2) =>
+    typeof image == "string" ? basename(image) : image.name;
 
 export async function readLivePhoto(
     fileTypeInfo: FileTypeInfo,
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/uploadService.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/uploadService.ts
index abcf49591..493bcd425 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/uploadService.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/uploadService.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-import { convertBytesToHumanReadable, getFileNameSize } from "@/next/file";
+import {
+    basename,
+    convertBytesToHumanReadable,
+    getFileNameSize,
+} from "@/next/file";
 import log from "@/next/log";
 import { DedicatedCryptoWorker } from "@ente/shared/crypto/internal/crypto.worker";
 import {
@@ -41,6 +45,7 @@ import {
     UploadFile,
     UploadURL,
     isDataStream,
+    type UploadAsset2,
 } from "types/upload";
 import {
     getNonEmptyMagicMetadataProps,
@@ -133,6 +138,12 @@ class UploadService {
             : getFilename(file);
     }
 
+    getAssetName2({ isLivePhoto, file, livePhotoAssets }: UploadAsset2) {
+        return isLivePhoto
+            ? getLivePhotoName(livePhotoAssets)
+            : getFilename(file);
+    }
+
     getAssetFileType({ isLivePhoto, file, livePhotoAssets }: UploadAsset) {
         return isLivePhoto
             ? getLivePhotoFileType(livePhotoAssets)
@@ -361,9 +372,8 @@ function getFileSize(file: File | ElectronFile) {
     return file.size;
 }
 
-function getFilename(file: File | ElectronFile) {
-    return file.name;
-}
+const getFilename = (file: File | ElectronFile | string) =>
+    typeof file == "string" ? basename(file) : file.name;
 
 async function readFile(
     fileTypeInfo: FileTypeInfo,