diff --git a/layouts/joomla/form/field/media.php b/layouts/joomla/form/field/media.php
index f21b26b09fda2..4a6e75e364ef7 100644
--- a/layouts/joomla/form/field/media.php
+++ b/layouts/joomla/form/field/media.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 use Joomla\CMS\Component\ComponentHelper;
 use Joomla\CMS\Factory;
+use Joomla\CMS\Helper\MediaHelper;
 use Joomla\CMS\HTML\HTMLHelper;
 use Joomla\CMS\Language\Text;
 use Joomla\CMS\Router\Route;
@@ -73,12 +74,19 @@
 }
 
 // Pre fill the contents of the popover
-if ($showPreview) {
-	if ($value && file_exists(JPATH_ROOT . '/' . $value)) {
+if ($showPreview)
+{
+	$cleanValue = MediaHelper::getCleanMediaFieldValue($value);
+
+	if ($cleanValue && file_exists(JPATH_ROOT . '/' . $cleanValue))
+	{
 		$src = Uri::root() . $value;
-	} else {
+	}
+	else
+	{
 		$src = '';
 	}
+
 	$width = $previewWidth;
 	$height = $previewHeight;
 	$style = '';
diff --git a/libraries/src/Helper/MediaHelper.php b/libraries/src/Helper/MediaHelper.php
index 57873e9f25c19..3425f9eb4b08c 100644
--- a/libraries/src/Helper/MediaHelper.php
+++ b/libraries/src/Helper/MediaHelper.php
@@ -464,4 +464,25 @@ public static function isValidLocalDirectory($directory)
 
 		return false;
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Helper method get clean data for value stores in a Media form field by removing adapter information
+	 * from the value if available (in this case, the value will have this format:
+	 * images/headers/blue-flower.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/headers/blue-flower.jpg?width=700&height=180)
+	 *
+	 * @param   string  $value
+	 *
+	 * @return  string
+	 *
+	 * @since   __DEPLOY_VERSION__
+	 */
+	public static function getCleanMediaFieldValue($value)
+	{
+		if ($pos = strpos($value, '#'))
+		{
+			return substr($value, 0, $pos);
+		}
+
+		return $value;
+	}
 }