diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/fragments/PhotoFragment.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/fragments/PhotoFragment.kt
index d53a36a04..b13b06422 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/fragments/PhotoFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/fragments/PhotoFragment.kt
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import com.bumptech.glide.request.target.Target
 import com.davemorrissey.labs.subscaleview.ImageSource
 import com.davemorrissey.labs.subscaleview.SubsamplingScaleImageView
 import com.simplemobiletools.commons.extensions.*
+import com.simplemobiletools.commons.helpers.OTG_PATH
 import com.simplemobiletools.gallery.R
 import com.simplemobiletools.gallery.activities.PhotoActivity
 import com.simplemobiletools.gallery.activities.ViewPagerActivity
@@ -314,11 +315,12 @@ class PhotoFragment : ViewPagerFragment() {
         var orient = defaultOrientation
 
         try {
-            val exif = android.media.ExifInterface(medium.path)
+            val pathToLoad = getPathToLoad(medium)
+            val exif = android.media.ExifInterface(pathToLoad)
             orient = exif.getAttributeInt(android.media.ExifInterface.TAG_ORIENTATION, defaultOrientation)
 
-            if (orient == defaultOrientation) {
-                val uri = if (medium.path.startsWith("content:/")) Uri.parse(medium.path) else Uri.fromFile(File(medium.path))
+            if (orient == defaultOrientation || medium.path.startsWith(OTG_PATH)) {
+                val uri = if (pathToLoad.startsWith("content:/")) Uri.parse(pathToLoad) else Uri.fromFile(File(pathToLoad))
                 val inputStream = context!!.contentResolver.openInputStream(uri)
                 val exif2 = ExifInterface()
                 exif2.readExif(inputStream, ExifInterface.Options.OPTION_ALL)