diff --git a/bob/bio/face/database/ijba.py b/bob/bio/face/database/ijba.py
index 27ef79ad0b886d3ebf4997800a066a64152d2606..d8ec6519fce4e428fa525c45f8dd85757d979631 100644
--- a/bob/bio/face/database/ijba.py
+++ b/bob/bio/face/database/ijba.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class IJBABioFile(FaceBioFile):
       path = "%s-%s%s" % (self.path, self.client_id, extension or '')
     else:
       # do not add the client ID to be able to obtain the original image file
-      path = "%s%s" % (self.path, self.client_id, extension or '')
+      path = "%s%s" % (self.path,  extension or '')
     return str(os.path.join(directory or '', path))