diff --git a/core/modules/file/src/Plugin/Field/FieldType/FileItem.php b/core/modules/file/src/Plugin/Field/FieldType/FileItem.php
index bf1572c..bb95185 100644
--- a/core/modules/file/src/Plugin/Field/FieldType/FileItem.php
+++ b/core/modules/file/src/Plugin/Field/FieldType/FileItem.php
@@ -313,8 +313,17 @@ public static function generateSampleValue(FieldDefinitionInterface $field_defin
     $random = new Random();
     $settings = $field_definition->getSettings();
 
+    /**
+     * Prepare upload destination.
+     *
+     * @see FileItem::getUploadLocation()
+     */
+    $destination = trim($settings['file_directory'], '/');
+    $destination = str_replace('[field_name]', $field_definition->getName(), $destination);
+    $destination = \Drupal::token()->replace($destination, []);
+
     // Generate a file entity.
-    $destination = $settings['uri_scheme'] . '://' . $settings['file_directory'] . $random->name(10, TRUE) . '.txt';
+    $destination = $settings['uri_scheme'] . '://' . $destination . '/' . $random->name(10, TRUE) . '.txt';
     $data = $random->paragraphs(3);
     $file = file_save_data($data, $destination, FILE_EXISTS_ERROR);
     $values = array(
diff --git a/core/modules/file/src/Tests/FileFieldPathTest.php b/core/modules/file/src/Tests/FileFieldPathTest.php
index bf166ed..d42922b 100644
--- a/core/modules/file/src/Tests/FileFieldPathTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/file/src/Tests/FileFieldPathTest.php
@@ -17,20 +17,28 @@ class FileFieldPathTest extends FileFieldTestBase {
    * Tests the normal formatter display on node display.
    */
   function testUploadPath() {
+    /** @var \Drupal\node\NodeStorageInterface $node_storage */
     $node_storage = $this->container->get('entity.manager')->getStorage('node');
     $field_name = strtolower($this->randomMachineName());
     $type_name = 'article';
     $this->createFileField($field_name, 'node', $type_name);
+    /** @var \Drupal\file\FileInterface $test_file */
     $test_file = $this->getTestFile('text');
 
     // Create a new node.
     $nid = $this->uploadNodeFile($test_file, $field_name, $type_name);
 
-    // Check that the file was uploaded to the file root.
+    // Check that the file was uploaded to the correct location.
     $node_storage->resetCache(array($nid));
     $node = $node_storage->load($nid);
     $node_file = file_load($node->{$field_name}->target_id);
-    $this->assertPathMatch('public://' . $test_file->getFilename(), $node_file->getFileUri(), format_string('The file %file was uploaded to the correct path.', array('%file' => $node_file->getFileUri())));
+    $expected_filename =
+      'public://field/' .
+      $field_name . '/' .
+      $this->container->get('date.formatter')->format(REQUEST_TIME, 'custom', 'Y') . '/' .
+      $this->container->get('date.formatter')->format(REQUEST_TIME, 'custom', 'm') . '/' .
+      $test_file->getFilename();
+    $this->assertPathMatch($expected_filename, $node_file->getFileUri(), format_string('The file %file was uploaded to the correct path.', array('%file' => $node_file->getFileUri())));
 
     // Change the path to contain multiple subdirectories.
     $this->updateFileField($field_name, $type_name, array('file_directory' => 'foo/bar/baz'));
diff --git a/core/modules/file/src/Tests/FileItemTest.php b/core/modules/file/src/Tests/FileItemTest.php
index 2c5c11c..ac06f39 100644
--- a/core/modules/file/src/Tests/FileItemTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/file/src/Tests/FileItemTest.php
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ protected function setUp() {
       'entity_type' => 'entity_test',
       'field_name' => 'file_test',
       'bundle' => 'entity_test',
+      'settings' => array(
+        'file_directory' => '',
+      ),
     ))->save();
     file_put_contents('public://example.txt', $this->randomMachineName());
     $this->file = entity_create('file', array(