diff --git a/src/lib/UI/Config/Provider/Module/DamWidget.php b/src/lib/UI/Config/Provider/Module/DamWidget.php
index 40363e5712..b4375bfc46 100644
--- a/src/lib/UI/Config/Provider/Module/DamWidget.php
+++ b/src/lib/UI/Config/Provider/Module/DamWidget.php
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@
  */
 final class DamWidget implements ProviderInterface
 {
+    private const IMAGE_TYPE_ID = 5;
+
     /** @phpstan-var TConfig */
     private array $config;
 
@@ -100,10 +102,18 @@ private function getImageConfig(): array
     {
         $imageConfig = [
             'showImageFilters' => $this->showImageFilters(),
-            'aggregations' => $this->config['image']['aggregations'],
+            'aggregations' => [],
             'enableMultipleDownload' => extension_loaded('zip'),
         ];
 
+        // The content type may not have the default fields; in that case, don't add the aggregations
+        $imageType = $this->contentTypeService->loadContentType(self::IMAGE_TYPE_ID);
+        foreach ($this->config['image']['aggregations'] as $key => $aggregation) {
+            if ($imageType->hasFieldDefinition($aggregation['fieldDefinitionIdentifier'])) {
+                $imageConfig['aggregations'][$key] = $aggregation;
+            }
+        }
+
         $mappings = [];
         $contentTypeIdentifiers = [];
         $fieldDefinitionIdentifiers = [];
diff --git a/tests/lib/UI/Config/Provider/Module/DamWidgetTest.php b/tests/lib/UI/Config/Provider/Module/DamWidgetTest.php
index 758261ebe9..69012fb338 100644
--- a/tests/lib/UI/Config/Provider/Module/DamWidgetTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/UI/Config/Provider/Module/DamWidgetTest.php
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ public function testGetConfig(
         $this->mockRepositoryConfigurationProviderGetRepositoryConfig($repositoryConfig);
         $this->mockContentTypeServiceLoadContentTypeByIdentifier($loadContentTypeValueMap);
         $this->mockSchemaIdentifierExtractorExtract($extractSchemaIdentifiersValueMap);
+        $this->mockContentTypeServiceLoadContentType();
 
         self::assertEquals(
             $expectedConfiguration,
@@ -263,6 +264,16 @@ private function mockContentTypeServiceLoadContentTypeByIdentifier(array $valueM
             ->willReturnMap($valueMap);
     }
 
+    private function mockContentTypeServiceLoadContentType(): void
+    {
+        $contetnType = $this->createMock(ContentType::class);
+        $contetnType->method('hasFieldDefinition')->willReturn(true);
+
+        $this->contentTypeService
+            ->method('loadContentType')
+            ->willReturn($contetnType);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param array<array{string|array<string>}> $valueMap
      */