diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/vectorstores/chroma.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/vectorstores/chroma.py
index 025212527ca..abd64f56275 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/vectorstores/chroma.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/vectorstores/chroma.py
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ class Chroma(VectorStore):
                     empty_ids.append(idx)
             if non_empty_ids:
                 metadatas = [metadatas[idx] for idx in non_empty_ids]
-                images_with_metadatas = [uris[idx] for idx in non_empty_ids]
+                images_with_metadatas = [b64_texts[idx] for idx in non_empty_ids]
                 embeddings_with_metadatas = (
                     [embeddings[idx] for idx in non_empty_ids] if embeddings else None
                 )
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ class Chroma(VectorStore):
                     else:
                         raise e
             if empty_ids:
-                images_without_metadatas = [uris[j] for j in empty_ids]
+                images_without_metadatas = [b64_texts[j] for j in empty_ids]
                 embeddings_without_metadatas = (
                     [embeddings[j] for j in empty_ids] if embeddings else None
                 )