diff -u b/plugins/linkit_search/file.class.php b/plugins/linkit_search/file.class.php
--- b/plugins/linkit_search/file.class.php
+++ b/plugins/linkit_search/file.class.php
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
       case LINKIT_FILE_URL_TYPE_DIRECT:
         $path = file_create_url($entity->uri);
         if (strpos($path, $GLOBALS['base_url']) === 0) {
-          $path = ltrim(base_path(), '/') . ltrim(str_replace($GLOBALS['base_url'], '', $path), '/');
+          $path = ltrim(str_replace($GLOBALS['base_url'], '', $path), '/');
         }
         return linkit_get_insert_plugin_processed_path($this->profile, $path, array());