1 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/app/uploaders/gitlab_uploader.rb b/app/uploaders/gitlab_uploader.rb
index 02afddb8c6a..489613030e6 100644
--- a/app/uploaders/gitlab_uploader.rb
+++ b/app/uploaders/gitlab_uploader.rb
@@ -3,16 +3,26 @@ class GitlabUploader < CarrierWave::Uploader::Base
     File.join(CarrierWave.root, upload_record.path)
   end
 
-  def self.base_dir
+  def self.root_dir
     'uploads'
   end
 
-  delegate :base_dir, to: :class
+  # When object storage is used, keep the `root_dir` as `base_dir`.
+  # The files aren't really in folders there, they just have a name.
+  # The files that contain user input in their name, also contain a hash, so
+  # the names are still unique
+  #
+  # This method is overridden in the `FileUploader`
+  def self.base_dir
+    return root_dir unless file_storage?
+  end
 
-  def file_storage?
-    storage.is_a?(CarrierWave::Storage::File)
+  def self.file_storage?
+    self.storage.is_a?(CarrierWave::Storage::File)
   end
 
+  delegate :base_dir, :file_storage?, to: :class
+
   def file_cache_storage?
     cache_storage.is_a?(CarrierWave::Storage::File)
   end