diff --git a/extensions/git/src/contentProvider.ts b/extensions/git/src/contentProvider.ts
index 501186c48c6e354145bc54e1945086b4566c739c..db94790c545d398c655d6b5b27dd1950cf3b392a 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/contentProvider.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/contentProvider.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,11 @@ export class GitContentProvider {
 		this.cache[cacheKey] = cacheValue;
 
 		if (uri.scheme === 'git-original') {
-			uri = new Uri().with({ scheme: 'git', path: uri.query });
+			try {
+				return await this.model.show('', uri.query);
+			} catch (err) {
+				return '';
+			}
 		}
 
 		let ref = uri.query;
@@ -73,8 +77,7 @@ export class GitContentProvider {
 		}
 
 		try {
-			const result = await this.model.show(ref, uri);
-			return result;
+			return await this.model.show(ref, uri.fsPath);
 		} catch (err) {
 			return '';
 		}
diff --git a/extensions/git/src/model.ts b/extensions/git/src/model.ts
index 6b26016df785f386dfea636e30572cf8fbbaaad9..21142b7bda40682d06b3e762deaea6d80c7cc9db 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/model.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/model.ts
@@ -483,9 +483,9 @@ export class Model implements Disposable {
 		});
 	}
 
-	async show(ref: string, uri: Uri): Promise<string> {
+	async show(ref: string, filePath: string): Promise<string> {
 		return await this.run(Operation.Show, async () => {
-			const relativePath = path.relative(this.repository.root, uri.fsPath).replace(/\\/g, '/');
+			const relativePath = path.relative(this.repository.root, filePath).replace(/\\/g, '/');
 			const result = await this.repository.git.exec(this.repository.root, ['show', `${ref}:${relativePath}`]);
 
 			if (result.exitCode !== 0) {
diff --git a/extensions/git/src/scmProvider.ts b/extensions/git/src/scmProvider.ts
index 1c4be49dcf7e64675f850587d31ab244690ec67f..befd5e1a93f46b903024a6ee3f68e751dcf15ad6 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/scmProvider.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/scmProvider.ts
@@ -101,7 +101,11 @@ export class GitSCMProvider {
 
 		// As a mitigation for extensions like ESLint showing warnings and errors
 		// for git URIs, let's change the file extension of these uris to .git.
-		return new Uri().with({ scheme: 'git-original', query: uri.path, path: uri.path + '.git' });
+		return new Uri().with({
+			scheme: 'git-original',
+			query: uri.fsPath,
+			path: uri.path + '.git'
+		});
 	}
 
 	private onDidModelChange(): void {