diff --git a/core/modules/layout_builder/src/Plugin/Block/FieldBlock.php b/core/modules/layout_builder/src/Plugin/Block/FieldBlock.php
index 578f9348eb72c8d4e2b1f5b954f75e8e552732a3..b3998899cab5241471cbbdd6d9eacbd5fefc044f 100644
--- a/core/modules/layout_builder/src/Plugin/Block/FieldBlock.php
+++ b/core/modules/layout_builder/src/Plugin/Block/FieldBlock.php
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ protected function blockAccess(AccountInterface $account) {
     if ($field->isEmpty() && !$field->getFieldDefinition()->getDefaultValue($entity)) {
       // @todo Remove special handling of image fields after
       //   https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/3005528.
-      if ($field->getFieldDefinition()->getType() === 'image' && $field->getFieldDefinition()->getSetting('default_image')) {
+      if ($field->getFieldDefinition()->getType() === 'image' && !empty($field->getFieldDefinition()->getSetting('default_image')['uuid'])) {
         return $access;
       }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/layout_builder/tests/src/Functional/LayoutBuilderDefaultValuesTest.php b/core/modules/layout_builder/tests/src/Functional/LayoutBuilderDefaultValuesTest.php
index b95ed63e87d705aca23cf6d2b651d569dd2ae210..b65672672391243629021cd5d42797531f3d9bdb 100644
--- a/core/modules/layout_builder/tests/src/Functional/LayoutBuilderDefaultValuesTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/layout_builder/tests/src/Functional/LayoutBuilderDefaultValuesTest.php
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 use Drupal\Tests\image\Kernel\ImageFieldCreationTrait;
 use Drupal\Tests\TestFileCreationTrait;
 
+// cspell:ignore blocknodetest typefield
+
 /**
  * Tests rendering default field values in Layout Builder.
  *
@@ -141,6 +143,15 @@ protected function assertNodeWithValues() {
    * Test for expected text on node 2.
    */
   protected function assertNodeWithDefaultValues() {
+    // Switch theme to starterkit_theme so that layout builder components will
+    // have block classes.
+    /** @var \Drupal\Core\Extension\ThemeInstallerInterface $theme_installer */
+    $theme_installer = $this->container->get('theme_installer');
+    $theme_installer->install(['starterkit_theme']);
+    $this->config('system.theme')
+      ->set('default', 'starterkit_theme')
+      ->save();
+
     $this->drupalGet('node/2');
     $assert_session = $this->assertSession();
     // String field with no default should not render.
@@ -160,6 +171,9 @@ protected function assertNodeWithDefaultValues() {
     $assert_session->responseContains('test-file-1');
     // Image field with no default should not render.
     $assert_session->pageTextNotContains('field_image_no_default');
+    // Confirm that there is no DOM element for the field_image_with_no_default
+    // field block.
+    $assert_session->elementNotExists('css', '.block-field-blocknodetest-node-typefield-image-no-default');
   }
 
   /**