diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Azure/Services/FileSystems/AzureFileSystem.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Azure/Services/FileSystems/AzureFileSystem.cs
index 713f6f8f926..2ff22df9c1b 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Azure/Services/FileSystems/AzureFileSystem.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Azure/Services/FileSystems/AzureFileSystem.cs
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ public Stream CreateFile() {
                 // as opposed to the File System implementation, if nothing is done on the stream
                 // the file will be emptied, because Azure doesn't implement FileMode.Truncate
                 _blob.DeleteIfExists();
-                _blob = _blob.Container.GetBlockBlobReference(_blob.Uri.ToString());
+                _blob = _blob.Container.GetBlockBlobReference(_blob.Name);
                 _blob.UploadFromStream(new MemoryStream(new byte[0]));
                 return OpenWrite();
             }