diff --git a/WordPressUtils/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/util/ImageUtils.java b/WordPressUtils/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/util/ImageUtils.java
index fed838316..1fc97d37e 100644
--- a/WordPressUtils/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/util/ImageUtils.java
+++ b/WordPressUtils/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/util/ImageUtils.java
@@ -90,6 +90,14 @@ public static int getImageOrientation(Context ctx, String filePath) {
         filePath = filePath.replace("file://", "");
 
         if (!filePath.contains("content://")) {
+            // A plain filesystem path pointing at an existing file (e.g. an app cache file) is not
+            // resolvable through the MediaStore content provider — prefixing it with
+            // "content://media" would produce a bogus Uri whose query always fails (throwing on
+            // some devices). EXIF is the only orientation source such a file has, so read it
+            // directly.
+            if (new File(filePath).exists()) {
+                return getExifOrientation(filePath);
+            }
             curStream = Uri.parse("content://media" + filePath);
         } else {
             curStream = Uri.parse(filePath);