diff --git a/src/com/android/providers/media/util/FileUtils.java b/src/com/android/providers/media/util/FileUtils.java
index c9a0a02..7bd1e4e 100644
--- a/src/com/android/providers/media/util/FileUtils.java
+++ b/src/com/android/providers/media/util/FileUtils.java
@@ -975,7 +975,9 @@
     }
 
     public static @Nullable String extractRelativePath(@Nullable String data) {
+        data = getCanonicalPath(data);
         if (data == null) return null;
+
         final Matcher matcher = PATTERN_RELATIVE_PATH.matcher(data);
         if (matcher.find()) {
             final int lastSlash = data.lastIndexOf('/');
@@ -1378,4 +1380,16 @@
         }
         return status;
     }
+
+    @Nullable
+    private static String getCanonicalPath(@Nullable String path) {
+        if (path == null) return null;
+
+        try {
+            return new File(path).getCanonicalPath();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            Log.d(TAG, "Unable to get canonical path from invalid data path: " + path, e);
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/src/com/android/providers/media/util/FileUtilsTest.java b/tests/src/com/android/providers/media/util/FileUtilsTest.java
index 6b120c0..b6124e0 100644
--- a/tests/src/com/android/providers/media/util/FileUtilsTest.java
+++ b/tests/src/com/android/providers/media/util/FileUtilsTest.java
@@ -459,7 +459,15 @@
                     extractRelativePath(prefix + "DCIM/foo.jpg"));
             assertEquals("DCIM/My Vacation/",
                     extractRelativePath(prefix + "DCIM/My Vacation/foo.jpg"));
+            assertEquals("Pictures/",
+                    extractRelativePath(prefix + "DCIM/../Pictures/.//foo.jpg"));
+            assertEquals("/",
+                    extractRelativePath(prefix + "DCIM/Pictures/./..//..////foo.jpg"));
+            assertEquals("Android/data/",
+                    extractRelativePath(prefix + "DCIM/foo.jpg/.//../../Android/data/poc"));
         }
+
+        assertEquals(null, extractRelativePath("/sdcard/\\\u0000"));
     }
 
     @Test