diff --git a/lisp/org.el b/lisp/org.el
index f7a038e..20e6e33 100644
--- a/lisp/org.el
+++ b/lisp/org.el
@@ -9793,11 +9793,10 @@ according to FMT (default from `org-email-link-description-format')."
 	     (not (equal link (org-link-escape link))))
     (setq description (org-extract-attributes link)))
   (setq link
-	(cond ((string-match (org-image-file-name-regexp) link) link)
-	      ((string-match org-link-types-re link)
+	(cond ((string-match org-link-types-re link)
 	       (concat (match-string 1 link)
 		       (org-link-escape (substring link (match-end 1)))))
-	      (t (org-link-escape link))))
+	      (t link)))
   (concat "[[" link "]"
 	  (if description (concat "[" description "]") "")
 	  "]"))