diff --git a/filefield_paths.module b/filefield_paths.module
index e641ab0..53df161 100644
--- a/filefield_paths.module
+++ b/filefield_paths.module
@@ -382,3 +382,18 @@ function _filefield_paths_get_field_types($reset = FALSE) {
 
   return $field_types;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Check if a uri is considered local or not.
+ *
+ * @param string $uri
+ *   A file uri.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   TRUE if the uri is using a local stream wrapper, or FALSE otherwise.
+ */
+function filefield_paths_uri_is_local($uri) {
+  $scheme = file_uri_scheme($uri);
+  $wrappers = file_get_stream_wrappers(STREAM_WRAPPERS_LOCAL);
+  return !empty($wrappers[$scheme]) && empty($wrappers[$scheme]['remote']);
+}
diff --git a/modules/filefield_paths.inc b/modules/filefield_paths.inc
index 6e8eefc..4bf6abd 100644
--- a/modules/filefield_paths.inc
+++ b/modules/filefield_paths.inc
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ function filefield_paths_filefield_paths_process_file($type, $entity, $field, $i
   if (isset($instance['settings']['filefield_paths'])) {
     $settings = $instance['settings']['filefield_paths'];
     foreach ($items as &$file) {
+      if (!filefield_paths_uri_is_local($file['uri'])) {
+        break;
+      }
       if ($file['timestamp'] == REQUEST_TIME || $settings['active_updating']) {
         $token_data = array(
           'file' => (object) $file,