diff --git a/lib/questionlib.php b/lib/questionlib.php
index 86a16de4fe7..f51e3f084b5 100644
--- a/lib/questionlib.php
+++ b/lib/questionlib.php
@@ -1104,7 +1104,7 @@ function get_question_image($question, $courseid) {
             $img .= "$CFG->wwwroot/file.php/$courseid/$question->image";
 
         } else {
-            $img .= "$CFG->wwwroot/file.php?file=$courseid/$question->image";
+            $img .= "$CFG->wwwroot/file.php?file=/$courseid/$question->image";
         }
     }
     return $img;