diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/fireworks/fireworks.py b/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/fireworks/fireworks.py
index e22144326..5c98d2054 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/fireworks/fireworks.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/fireworks/fireworks.py
@@ -265,7 +265,8 @@ class FireworksInferenceAdapter(
         if isinstance(request, ChatCompletionRequest):
             if media_present:
                 input_dict["messages"] = [
-                    await convert_message_to_openai_dict(m) for m in request.messages
+                    await convert_message_to_openai_dict(m, download=True)
+                    for m in request.messages
                 ]
             else:
                 input_dict["prompt"] = await chat_completion_request_to_prompt(