diff --git a/app/api/canvas/local-edit/route.ts b/app/api/canvas/local-edit/route.ts
index a2e8cab31..32fd2bfad 100644
--- a/app/api/canvas/local-edit/route.ts
+++ b/app/api/canvas/local-edit/route.ts
@@ -1715,6 +1715,7 @@ function filterScaleAdjustStructureComponents(params: {
         Boolean(protectedPersonMask) &&
         protectedPersonOverlap > 0 &&
         touchesProtectedPersonSide;
+      const allowSurfaceFill = !protectedPersonSide;
       const isProtectedPersonPixel = (pixelX: number, pixelY: number) => {
         const pixelIndex = pixelY * width + pixelX;
         if (protectedPersonMask?.[pixelIndex]) return true;
@@ -1756,7 +1757,7 @@ function filterScaleAdjustStructureComponents(params: {
         !edgeSliver &&
         !broadTopBackground
       ) {
-        if (fillSurfaceComponent) {
+        if (fillSurfaceComponent && allowSurfaceFill) {
           for (let fillY = minY; fillY <= maxY; fillY += 1) {
             for (let fillX = minX; fillX <= maxX; fillX += 1) {
               if (isProtectedPersonPixel(fillX, fillY)) continue;
@@ -4785,7 +4786,7 @@ export async function POST(request: NextRequest) {
         scaleAdjustPromptStrategy: isScaleAdjustOperation
           ? scaleAdjustPatchReference
             ? useScaleAdjustFullFrameStructurePatch
-              ? "full-frame-structure-locked-draft-v2-protected-direction-one-shot"
+              ? "full-frame-structure-locked-draft-v3-no-protected-fill-one-shot"
               : scaleAdjustPatchReference.structureLockedDraft
               ? "ai-patch-workspace-structure-locked-draft-v87-subject-alpha-clipped-one-shot"
               : "ai-patch-workspace-draft-v75-soft-wipe-erase-ghost-one-shot"