diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/warehouses/ReleaseOrderModal.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/warehouses/ReleaseOrderModal.tsx
index d986e2aba..cfa271076 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/warehouses/ReleaseOrderModal.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/warehouses/ReleaseOrderModal.tsx
@@ -112,7 +112,9 @@ const parseInspectionNote = (notes: string | null | undefined) => {
 export function ReleaseOrderModal({ opened, onClose, item, truckPrefill }: ReleaseOrderModalProps) {
   const { toast } = useToast();
   const releaseMutation = useMutation(api.warehouses.release.mutationOptions());
-  const bookingId = item?.booking?.id;
+  // Some openers (inventory workbench) supply bookingId without the booking
+  // relation — fall back to it, or the truck/container-weight queries never run.
+  const bookingId = item?.booking?.id ?? item?.bookingId ?? undefined;
   // Customer self-haul trucks assigned to this booking via the portal.
   const { data: customerTrucks = [] } = useQuery({
     queryKey: ['release-customer-trucks', bookingId],