diff --git a/lib/api/helpers.rb b/lib/api/helpers.rb
index 20b5bc1502a..eb2d370c68e 100644
--- a/lib/api/helpers.rb
+++ b/lib/api/helpers.rb
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ module API
         header['X-Sendfile'] = path
         body
       else
-        file FileStreamer.new(path)
+        path
       end
     end