diff --git a/lib/galaxy/datatypes/binary.py b/lib/galaxy/datatypes/binary.py
index 7472108fb17..a116c3cc71c 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/datatypes/binary.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/datatypes/binary.py
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ class BamQuerynameSorted(BamInputSorted):
     file_ext = "qname_sorted.bam"
 
     def sniff(self, file_name):
-        return super(BamQuerynameSorted, self).sniff(file_name) and not self.dataset_content_needs_grooming(file_name)
+        return BamNative().sniff(file_name) and not self.dataset_content_needs_grooming(file_name)
 
     def dataset_content_needs_grooming(self, file_name):
         """
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/datatypes/test/1.qname_sorted.bam b/lib/galaxy/datatypes/test/1.qname_sorted.bam
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..184c9f8db27
Binary files /dev/null and b/lib/galaxy/datatypes/test/1.qname_sorted.bam differ