diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/17276-breakage-in-displaying-svg-in-the-same-repository.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/17276-breakage-in-displaying-svg-in-the-same-repository.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..93936d441e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/17276-breakage-in-displaying-svg-in-the-same-repository.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Fix inline rendering of relative paths to SVGs from the current repository
+merge_request: 31352
+author:
+type: fixed
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/blob_helper.rb b/lib/gitlab/blob_helper.rb
index d3e15a79a8b..fc579ad8d2a 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/blob_helper.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/blob_helper.rb
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ module Gitlab
     end
 
     def image?
-      ['.png', '.jpg', '.jpeg', '.gif'].include?(extname.downcase)
+      ['.png', '.jpg', '.jpeg', '.gif', '.svg'].include?(extname.downcase)
     end
 
     # Internal: Lookup mime type for extension.
diff --git a/spec/models/commit_spec.rb b/spec/models/commit_spec.rb
index e76186fb280..7b35c2ffd36 100644
--- a/spec/models/commit_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/commit_spec.rb
@@ -556,6 +556,7 @@ eos
     it 'returns the URI type at the given path' do
       expect(commit.uri_type('files/html')).to be(:tree)
       expect(commit.uri_type('files/images/logo-black.png')).to be(:raw)
+      expect(commit.uri_type('files/images/wm.svg')).to be(:raw)
       expect(project.commit('video').uri_type('files/videos/intro.mp4')).to be(:raw)
       expect(commit.uri_type('files/js/application.js')).to be(:blob)
     end