diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/MediaService.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/MediaService.cs
index f978006c15..bff06b7f4b 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/MediaService.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/MediaService.cs
@@ -567,28 +567,38 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Services
         public IMedia GetMediaByPath(string mediaPath)
         {
             var umbracoFileValue = mediaPath;
-            var isResized = mediaPath.Contains("_") && mediaPath.Contains("x");
+            const string Pattern = ".*[_][0-9]+[x][0-9]+[.].*";
+            var isResized = Regex.IsMatch(mediaPath, Pattern);
 
             // If the image has been resized we strip the "_403x328" of the original "/media/1024/koala_403x328.jpg" url.
             if (isResized)
             {
-
                 var underscoreIndex = mediaPath.LastIndexOf('_');
                 var dotIndex = mediaPath.LastIndexOf('.');
                 umbracoFileValue = string.Concat(mediaPath.Substring(0, underscoreIndex), mediaPath.Substring(dotIndex));
             }
 
-            var sql = new Sql()
-                .Select("*")
-                .From<PropertyDataDto>()
-                .InnerJoin<PropertyTypeDto>()
-                .On<PropertyDataDto, PropertyTypeDto>(left => left.PropertyTypeId, right => right.Id)
-                .Where<PropertyTypeDto>(x => x.Alias == "umbracoFile")
-                .Where<PropertyDataDto>(x => x.VarChar == umbracoFileValue);
+            Func<string, Sql> createSql = url => new Sql().Select("*")
+                                                  .From<PropertyDataDto>()
+                                                  .InnerJoin<PropertyTypeDto>()
+                                                  .On<PropertyDataDto, PropertyTypeDto>(left => left.PropertyTypeId, right => right.Id)
+                                                  .Where<PropertyTypeDto>(x => x.Alias == "umbracoFile")
+                                                  .Where<PropertyDataDto>(x => x.VarChar == url);
+
+            var sql = createSql(umbracoFileValue);
 
             using (var uow = _uowProvider.GetUnitOfWork())
             {
                 var propertyDataDto = uow.Database.Fetch<PropertyDataDto, PropertyTypeDto>(sql).FirstOrDefault();
+
+                // If the stripped-down url returns null, we try again with the original url. 
+                // Previously, the function would fail on e.g. "my_x_image.jpg"
+                if (propertyDataDto == null)
+                {
+                    sql = createSql(mediaPath);
+                    propertyDataDto = uow.Database.Fetch<PropertyDataDto, PropertyTypeDto>(sql).FirstOrDefault();
+                }
+
                 return propertyDataDto == null ? null : GetById(propertyDataDto.NodeId);
             }
         }