diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/media.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/media.php
index 9d63694031..a5d81d9a44 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/media.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/media.php
@@ -283,7 +283,9 @@ function media_handle_upload($file_id, $post_id, $post_data = array(), $override
 	if ( isset($file['error']) )
 		return new WP_Error( 'upload_error', $file['error'] );
 
-	$name = pathinfo( $_FILES[$file_id]['name'], PATHINFO_FILENAME );
+	$name = $_FILES[$file_id]['name'];
+	$ext  = pathinfo( $name, PATHINFO_EXTENSION );
+	$name = wp_basename( $name, ".$ext" );
 
 	$url = $file['url'];
 	$type = $file['type'];