diff --git a/contrib/file_styles/file_styles.module b/contrib/file_styles/file_styles.module
index 778423d..fd991ee 100644
--- a/contrib/file_styles/file_styles.module
+++ b/contrib/file_styles/file_styles.module
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ function file_styles_styles_register() {
  */
 function file_styles_styles_filter($object, $element = NULL) {
   // Ensure we're working against the fully loaded file object.
-  $file = file_styles_uri_to_object($object->uri, TRUE);
+  $file = !empty($object->file) ? $object->file : file_styles_uri_to_object($object->uri, TRUE);
 
   // Allow other modules to define their own file styles.
   // In general, they'll most likely want to check against the mimetype.
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ function file_styles_styles_filter($object, $element = NULL) {
   // Now check the part of the mimetype before the slash.
   // Note that we can't use strstr($haystack, $needle, $before_needle)
   // < PHP 5.3, so we need a work-around.
-  $filter = file_styles_strstr($object->filemime, '/', TRUE);
+  $filter = file_styles_strstr($file->filemime, '/', TRUE);
   if (isset($containers['containers'][$filter])) {
     return $filter;
   }
diff --git a/contrib/file_styles/includes/styles/FileStyles.inc b/contrib/file_styles/includes/styles/FileStyles.inc
index fca0602..ebd277f 100644
--- a/contrib/file_styles/includes/styles/FileStyles.inc
+++ b/contrib/file_styles/includes/styles/FileStyles.inc
@@ -230,6 +230,15 @@ class FileStyles extends StylesDefault {
   }
 
   /**
+   * Override the getObject() method to account for media fields that store
+   * their data in a sub-property rather than the field itself.
+   */
+  function getObject() {
+    $object = $this->get('object');
+    return !empty($object->file) ? $object->file : $object;
+  }
+
+  /**
    * Override the render function to always display a thumbnail in the wysiwyg.
    */
   public function render($reset = FALSE) {
@@ -243,4 +252,4 @@ class FileStyles extends StylesDefault {
     return parent::render($reset);
   }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}