diff --git a/src/com/android/contacts/util/ContactPhotoUtils.java b/src/com/android/contacts/util/ContactPhotoUtils.java
index 943f5dd..d0e0658 100644
--- a/src/com/android/contacts/util/ContactPhotoUtils.java
+++ b/src/com/android/contacts/util/ContactPhotoUtils.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 package com.android.contacts.util;
 
 import android.content.ClipData;
+import android.content.ContentResolver;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.Intent;
 import android.graphics.Bitmap;
@@ -26,11 +27,9 @@
 import android.provider.MediaStore;
 import android.support.v4.content.FileProvider;
 import android.util.Log;
-
 import com.android.contacts.R;
 
 import com.google.common.io.Closeables;
-
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
@@ -148,7 +147,7 @@
      */
     public static boolean savePhotoFromUriToUri(Context context, Uri inputUri, Uri outputUri,
             boolean deleteAfterSave) {
-        if (inputUri == null || outputUri == null) {
+        if (inputUri == null || outputUri == null || isFilePathAndNotStorage(inputUri)) {
             return false;
         }
         try (FileOutputStream outputStream = context.getContentResolver()
@@ -175,4 +174,20 @@
         }
         return true;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns {@code true} if the {@code inputUri} is a FILE scheme and it does not point to
+     * the storage directory.
+     */
+    private static boolean isFilePathAndNotStorage(Uri inputUri) {
+        if (ContentResolver.SCHEME_FILE.equals(inputUri.getScheme())) {
+            try {
+                File file = new File(inputUri.getPath()).getCanonicalFile();
+                return !file.getCanonicalPath().startsWith("/storage/");
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/src/com/android/contacts/util/ContactPhotoUtilsTest.java b/tests/src/com/android/contacts/util/ContactPhotoUtilsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d17b98c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/src/com/android/contacts/util/ContactPhotoUtilsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package com.android.contacts.util;
+
+import android.net.Uri;
+import android.test.AndroidTestCase;
+import android.test.suitebuilder.annotation.SmallTest;
+
+/**
+ * Test cases for {@link ContactPhotoUtils}.
+ *
+ * adb shell am instrument -w -e class com.android.contacts.util.ContactPhotoUtilsTest \
+ *   com.android.contacts.tests/android.test.InstrumentationTestRunner
+ */
+@SmallTest
+public class ContactPhotoUtilsTest extends AndroidTestCase {
+
+  private Uri tempUri;
+
+  @Override
+  protected void setUp() throws Exception {
+    tempUri = ContactPhotoUtils.generateTempImageUri(getContext());
+  }
+
+  protected void tearDown() throws Exception {
+    getContext().getContentResolver().delete(tempUri, null, null);
+  }
+
+  public void testFileUriDataPathFails() {
+    String filePath =
+        "file:///data/data/com.android.contacts/shared_prefs/com.android.contacts.xml";
+
+    assertFalse(
+        ContactPhotoUtils.savePhotoFromUriToUri(getContext(), Uri.parse(filePath), tempUri, false));
+  }
+
+  public void testFileUriCanonicalDataPathFails() {
+    String filePath =
+        "file:///storage/../data/data/com.android.contacts/shared_prefs/com.android.contacts.xml";
+
+    assertFalse(
+        ContactPhotoUtils.savePhotoFromUriToUri(getContext(), Uri.parse(filePath), tempUri, false));
+  }
+
+  public void testContentUriInternalPasses() {
+    Uri internal = ContactPhotoUtils.generateTempImageUri(getContext());
+
+    assertTrue(
+        ContactPhotoUtils.savePhotoFromUriToUri(getContext(), internal, tempUri, true));
+  }
+}