diff --git a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/edit/gr-editor-view/gr-editor-view.ts b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/edit/gr-editor-view/gr-editor-view.ts
index da75914..16d54dd 100644
--- a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/edit/gr-editor-view/gr-editor-view.ts
+++ b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/edit/gr-editor-view/gr-editor-view.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   GenerateUrlEditViewParameters,
 } from '../../core/gr-navigation/gr-navigation';
 import {computeTruncatedPath} from '../../../utils/path-list-util';
-import {customElement, property} from '@polymer/decorators';
+import {customElement, observe, property} from '@polymer/decorators';
 import {
   ChangeInfo,
   PatchSetNum,
@@ -211,8 +211,8 @@
   }
 
   _editChange(value?: ChangeInfo | null) {
-    if (!changeIsMerged(value) && !changeIsAbandoned(value)) return;
     if (!value) return;
+    if (!changeIsMerged(value) && !changeIsAbandoned(value)) return;
     fireAlert(
       this,
       'Change edits cannot be created if change is merged or abandoned. Redirected to non edit mode.'
@@ -220,6 +220,15 @@
     GerritNav.navigateToChange(value);
   }
 
+  @observe('_change', '_type')
+  _editType(change?: ChangeInfo | null, type?: string) {
+    if (!change || !type || !type.startsWith('image/')) return;
+
+    // Prevent editing binary files
+    fireAlert(this, 'You cannot edit binary files within the inline editor.');
+    GerritNav.navigateToChange(change);
+  }
+
   _handlePathChanged(e: CustomEvent<string>) {
     // TODO(TS) could be cleaned up, it was added for type requirements
     if (this._changeNum === undefined || !this._path) {