diff --git a/includes/mimetype.utils.inc b/includes/mimetype.utils.inc
index 03708f99..deb7f13b 100644
--- a/includes/mimetype.utils.inc
+++ b/includes/mimetype.utils.inc
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ function islandora_get_extension_for_mimetype($mimetype) {
   $mimetype_mapping = file_mimetype_mapping();
   $extension_index = array_search($mimetype, $mimetype_mapping['mimetypes']);
   if ($extension_index !== FALSE) {
-    $mime_array_flipped = array_reverse($mimetype_mapping['extensions']);
-    $extension = array_search($extension_index, $mime_array_flipped);
+    $extension = array_search($extension_index, $mimetype_mapping['extensions']);
   }
 
   // We can only have one mapping in drupal for 'xml'.