diff --git a/styles.module b/styles.module
index ade41d4..afabcd9
--- a/styles.module
+++ b/styles.module
@@ -46,7 +46,13 @@ function styles_field_formatter_view($entity_type, $entity, $field, $instance, $
     //   Image fields, this is a fully loaded file object, because
     //   file_field_load() loads the referenced file and merges its properties
     //   into $item, but for other field types, it may simply be raw field data.
-    $element[$delta] = array('#markup' => theme('styles_field_formatter', array('element' => $element, 'object' => (object) $item, 'delta' => $delta, 'entity' => $entity)));
+    if (isset($item['file']) && is_object($item['file'])) {
+      $object = $item['file'];
+    }
+    else {
+      $object = (object) $item;
+    }
+    $element[$delta] = array('#markup' => theme('styles_field_formatter', array('element' => $element, 'object' => $object, 'delta' => $delta, 'entity' => $entity)));
   }
   return $element;
 }