diff --git a/lib/galaxy/datatypes/binary.py b/lib/galaxy/datatypes/binary.py
index c4189b28ce1..e14f1a57a22 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/datatypes/binary.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/datatypes/binary.py
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ 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/0.txt b/lib/galaxy/datatypes/test/0.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..573541ac970
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/galaxy/datatypes/test/0.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/datatypes/test/1.json b/lib/galaxy/datatypes/test/1.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7660873d103
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/galaxy/datatypes/test/1.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+[1]
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