diff --git a/js/ui/notificationDaemon.js b/js/ui/notificationDaemon.js
index b897b8a71..0e5f8fcc2 100644
--- a/js/ui/notificationDaemon.js
+++ b/js/ui/notificationDaemon.js
@@ -77,8 +77,10 @@ var FdoNotificationDaemon = new Lang.Class({
                  bitsPerSample, nChannels, data] = hints['image-data'];
             return Shell.util_create_pixbuf_from_data(data, GdkPixbuf.Colorspace.RGB, hasAlpha,
                                                       bitsPerSample, width, height, rowStride);
+        } else if (hints['image-path']) {
+            return this._iconForNotificationData(hints['image-path'];
         }
-        return this._iconForNotificationData(hints['image-path']);
+        return null;
     },
 
     _fallbackIconForNotificationData(hints) {