diff --git a/core/modules/image/image.field.inc b/core/modules/image/image.field.inc
index a287620..fbfc2de 100644
--- a/core/modules/image/image.field.inc
+++ b/core/modules/image/image.field.inc
@@ -461,21 +461,34 @@ function theme_image_widget($variables) {
  * @ingroup themeable
  */
 function theme_image_formatter($variables) {
-  $item = $variables['item'];
-
-  // Do not output an empty 'title' attribute.
-  if (isset($item['title']) && drupal_strlen($item['title']) == 0) {
-    unset($item['title']);
-  }
+  $image = array();
+  $hooks = theme_get_registry(FALSE);
 
+  // Applying an image style if exists.
   if ($variables['image_style']) {
-    $item['style_name'] = $variables['image_style'];
-    $output = theme('image_style', $item);
+    $info = $hooks['image_style'];
+    $image['#theme'] = 'image_style';
+    $image['#style_name'] = $variables['image_style'];
   }
   else {
-    $output = theme('image', $item);
+    $info = $hooks['image'];
+    $image['#theme'] = 'image';
+  }
+
+  // Populating all needed values from variables.
+  foreach (array_keys($info['variables']) as $name) {
+    if (isset($variables['item']["$name"])) {
+      $image["#$name"] = $variables['item']["$name"];
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Removing the title variable if empty.
+  if (isset($image['#title']) && drupal_strlen($image['#title']) == 0) {
+    unset($image['#title']);
   }
 
+  $output = drupal_render($image);
+
   // The link path and link options are both optional, but for the options to be
   // processed, the link path must at least be an empty string.
   if (isset($variables['path']['path'])) {