diff --git a/src/Models/FileLink.php b/src/Models/FileLink.php
index b25703ad..22dbe175 100644
--- a/src/Models/FileLink.php
+++ b/src/Models/FileLink.php
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ protected function getDefaultTitle(): string
         if (!$file?->exists()) {
             return _t(__CLASS__ . '.MISSING_DEFAULT_TITLE', '(File missing)');
         }
-
-        return (string) $this->getDescription();
+        return $file->Title;
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/behat/features/create-edit-linkfield.feature b/tests/behat/features/create-edit-linkfield.feature
index 169d8c6f..0a12cb05 100644
--- a/tests/behat/features/create-edit-linkfield.feature
+++ b/tests/behat/features/create-edit-linkfield.feature
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ I want to add links to pages, files, external URLs, email addresses and phone nu
 
     # Fourth link in multi link field
     And I should see "Link to a file" in the "[data-field-id='Form_EditForm_HasManyLinks'] .link-picker__link:nth-of-type(4)" element
-    And I should see "folder1/file1.jpg" in the "[data-field-id='Form_EditForm_HasManyLinks'] .link-picker__link:nth-of-type(4)" element
+    And I should see "File1" in the "[data-field-id='Form_EditForm_HasManyLinks'] .link-picker__link:nth-of-type(4)" element
     And I should see "Draft" in the "[data-field-id='Form_EditForm_HasManyLinks'] .link-picker__link:nth-of-type(4)" element
 
     # Test that user can publish the page with links
@@ -203,5 +203,6 @@ I want to add links to pages, files, external URLs, email addresses and phone nu
     And I wait for 2 seconds
 
     And I should see "Link to a file" in the "[data-field-id='Form_EditForm_HasManyLinks'] .link-picker__link--is-first" element
+    And I should see "File1" in the "[data-field-id='Form_EditForm_HasManyLinks'] .link-picker__link--is-first" element
     And I should see "folder1/file1.jpg" in the "[data-field-id='Form_EditForm_HasManyLinks'] .link-picker__link--is-first" element
     And I should see "Draft" in the "[data-field-id='Form_EditForm_HasManyLinks'] .link-picker__link--is-first" element
diff --git a/tests/php/Models/FileLinkTest.php b/tests/php/Models/FileLinkTest.php
index e349f796..3aad356d 100644
--- a/tests/php/Models/FileLinkTest.php
+++ b/tests/php/Models/FileLinkTest.php
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ public function testGetDefaultTitle(): void
         $link = new FileLink();
         $this->assertSame('(File missing)', $reflectionGetDefaultTitle->invoke($link));
         // File exists in DB but not in filesystem
+        // Note that a 'Title' field will be derived from the 'Name' field in File::onBeforeWrite()
         $file = new TestFileCanView(['Name' => 'My test file']);
         $file->write();
         $link->File = $file->ID;
@@ -56,6 +57,6 @@ public function testGetDefaultTitle(): void
         $file->write();
         $link->File = $file->ID;
         $link->write();
-        $this->assertSame('file-b.png', $reflectionGetDefaultTitle->invoke($link));
+        $this->assertSame('My test file', $reflectionGetDefaultTitle->invoke($link));
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/php/Models/LinkTest.php b/tests/php/Models/LinkTest.php
index fc55dc06..9de1670a 100644
--- a/tests/php/Models/LinkTest.php
+++ b/tests/php/Models/LinkTest.php
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ function provideDefaultLinkTitle(): array
             'file link with default title' => [
                 'identifier' => 'file-link-with-default-title',
                 'class' => FileLink::class,
-                'expected' => '600x400.png'
+                'expected' => 'Image1'
             ],
         ];
     }