diff --git a/src/controllers/uploads.js b/src/controllers/uploads.js
index 20431d5e3c..4421438cda 100644
--- a/src/controllers/uploads.js
+++ b/src/controllers/uploads.js
@@ -125,11 +125,7 @@ function resizeImage(fileObj, callback) {
 		},
 		function (next) {
 			// Return the resized version to the composer/postData
-			var dirname = path.dirname(fileObj.url);
-			var extname = path.extname(fileObj.url);
-			var basename = path.basename(fileObj.url, extname);
-
-			fileObj.url = dirname + '/' + basename + '-resized' + extname;
+			fileObj.url = file.appendToFileName(fileObj.url, '-resized');
 
 			next(null, fileObj);
 		},
diff --git a/test/uploads.js b/test/uploads.js
index c44baa6272..17c388c7a8 100644
--- a/test/uploads.js
+++ b/test/uploads.js
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ describe('Upload Controllers', function () {
 				assert.equal(res.statusCode, 200);
 				assert(Array.isArray(body));
 				assert(body[0].url);
+				assert(body[0].url.match(/\/assets\/uploads\/files\/\d+-test-resized\.png/));
 				meta.config.maximumImageWidth = oldValue;
 				done();
 			});