diff --git a/app/api/canvas/local-edit/route.ts b/app/api/canvas/local-edit/route.ts
index 9d2755bfa..5d7d36d7d 100644
--- a/app/api/canvas/local-edit/route.ts
+++ b/app/api/canvas/local-edit/route.ts
@@ -493,6 +493,13 @@ function resolveScaleAdjustPreferredModelId(params: {
     params.models,
     params.configuredModelId
   );
+  if (
+    requestedModel?.provider.type === "fal-image" &&
+    requestedModel.model.healthStatus !== "auto_disabled" &&
+    isScaleAdjustUsableImageEditModel(requestedModel)
+  ) {
+    return requestedModel.model.id || params.requestedModelId;
+  }
   if (
     params.honorRequestedModelBeforeGpt &&
     requestedModel &&