diff --git a/homeassistant/components/music_assistant/media_player.py b/homeassistant/components/music_assistant/media_player.py
index 7d26f5b3a0c..01a103f9bc4 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/music_assistant/media_player.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/music_assistant/media_player.py
@@ -592,17 +592,24 @@ class MusicAssistantPlayer(MusicAssistantEntity, MediaPlayerEntity):
     def _update_media_image_url(
         self, player: Player, queue: PlayerQueue | None
     ) -> None:
-        """Update image URL for the active queue item."""
-        if queue is None or queue.current_item is None:
-            self._attr_media_image_url = None
-            return
-        if image_url := self.mass.get_media_item_image_url(queue.current_item):
+        """Update image URL."""
+        if queue and queue.current_item:
+            # image_url is provided by an music-assistant queue
+            image_url = self.mass.get_media_item_image_url(queue.current_item)
+        elif player.current_media and player.current_media.image_url:
+            # image_url is provided by an external source
+            image_url = player.current_media.image_url
+        else:
+            image_url = None
+
+        # check if the image is provided via music-assistant and therefore
+        # not accessible from the outside
+        if image_url:
             self._attr_media_image_remotely_accessible = (
                 self.mass.server_url not in image_url
             )
-            self._attr_media_image_url = image_url
-            return
-        self._attr_media_image_url = None
+
+        self._attr_media_image_url = image_url
 
     def _update_media_attributes(
         self, player: Player, queue: PlayerQueue | None