diff --git a/plupload.module b/plupload.module
index 6dbbddd..49739a7 100644
--- a/plupload.module
+++ b/plupload.module
@@ -218,6 +218,8 @@ function plupload_element_validate($element, &$form_state) {
     //   successfully.
     $destination = variable_get('file_default_scheme', 'public') . '://' . $file_info['name'];
     $file = plupload_file_uri_to_object($destination);
+    $file->uri = $file_info['tmppath'];
+
     foreach (file_validate($file, $element['#upload_validators']) as $error_message) {
       form_error($element, $error_message);
     }