diff --git a/server/src/queries/search.repository.sql b/server/src/queries/search.repository.sql
index 099b7f4ee2..701d30fa58 100644
--- a/server/src/queries/search.repository.sql
+++ b/server/src/queries/search.repository.sql
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ select
 from
   "asset"
   inner join "asset_exif" on "asset"."id" = "asset_exif"."assetId"
-  left join "asset_exif" on "asset"."id" = "asset_exif"."assetId"
 where
   "asset"."visibility" = $1
   and "asset"."fileCreatedAt" >= $2
diff --git a/server/src/repositories/search.repository.ts b/server/src/repositories/search.repository.ts
index ba72a70fdb..8f8a5be0bd 100644
--- a/server/src/repositories/search.repository.ts
+++ b/server/src/repositories/search.repository.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { AssetStatus, AssetType, AssetVisibility, VectorIndex } from 'src/enum';
 import { probes } from 'src/repositories/database.repository';
 import { DB } from 'src/schema';
 import { AssetExifTable } from 'src/schema/tables/asset-exif.table';
-import { anyUuid, searchAssetBuilder, withExif } from 'src/utils/database';
+import { anyUuid, searchAssetBuilder, withExifInner } from 'src/utils/database';
 import { paginationHelper } from 'src/utils/pagination';
 import { isValidInteger } from 'src/validation';
 
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ export class SearchRepository {
     const orderDirection = (options.orderDirection?.toLowerCase() || 'desc') as OrderByDirection;
     return searchAssetBuilder(this.db, options)
       .selectAll('asset')
-      .$call(withExif)
+      .$call(withExifInner)
       .where('asset_exif.fileSizeInByte', '>', options.minFileSize || 0)
       .orderBy('asset_exif.fileSizeInByte', orderDirection)
       .limit(size)