diff --git a/src/wp-includes/formatting.php b/src/wp-includes/formatting.php
index 9dba689b32..28b65135a0 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/formatting.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/formatting.php
@@ -1984,7 +1984,9 @@ function remove_accents( $string ) {
  * @return string The sanitized filename.
  */
 function sanitize_file_name( $filename ) {
-	$filename_raw  = $filename;
+	$filename_raw = $filename;
+	$filename     = remove_accents( $filename );
+
 	$special_chars = array( '?', '[', ']', '/', '\\', '=', '<', '>', ':', ';', ',', "'", '"', '&', '$', '#', '*', '(', ')', '|', '~', '`', '!', '{', '}', '%', '+', '’', '«', '»', '”', '“', chr( 0 ) );
 
 	// Check for support for utf8 in the installed PCRE library once and store the result in a static.
@@ -2013,10 +2015,11 @@ function sanitize_file_name( $filename ) {
 	 * @param string   $filename_raw  The original filename to be sanitized.
 	 */
 	$special_chars = apply_filters( 'sanitize_file_name_chars', $special_chars, $filename_raw );
-	$filename      = str_replace( $special_chars, '', $filename );
-	$filename      = str_replace( array( '%20', '+' ), '-', $filename );
-	$filename      = preg_replace( '/[\r\n\t -]+/', '-', $filename );
-	$filename      = trim( $filename, '.-_' );
+
+	$filename = str_replace( $special_chars, '', $filename );
+	$filename = str_replace( array( '%20', '+' ), '-', $filename );
+	$filename = preg_replace( '/[\r\n\t -]+/', '-', $filename );
+	$filename = trim( $filename, '.-_' );
 
 	if ( false === strpos( $filename, '.' ) ) {
 		$mime_types = wp_get_mime_types();
@@ -2068,7 +2071,9 @@ function sanitize_file_name( $filename ) {
 			}
 		}
 	}
+
 	$filename .= '.' . $extension;
+
 	/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/formatting.php */
 	return apply_filters( 'sanitize_file_name', $filename, $filename_raw );
 }
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/formatting/SanitizeFileName.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/formatting/SanitizeFileName.php
index 76c0d9705c..3e01469329 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/formatting/SanitizeFileName.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/formatting/SanitizeFileName.php
@@ -20,12 +20,21 @@ class Tests_Formatting_SanitizeFileName extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		$this->assertEquals( 'testtest', sanitize_file_name( $string ) );
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @ticket 22363
+	 */
+	function test_removes_accents() {
+		$in  = 'àáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïñòóôõöøùúûüýÿ';
+		$out = 'aaaaaaaeceeeeiiiinoooooouuuuyy';
+		$this->assertEquals( $out, sanitize_file_name( $in ) );
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Test that spaces are correctly replaced with dashes.
 	 *
 	 * @ticket 16330
 	 */
-	function test_replace_spaces() {
+	function test_replaces_spaces() {
 		$urls = array(
 			'unencoded space.png'  => 'unencoded-space.png',
 			'encoded-space.jpg'    => 'encoded-space.jpg',
@@ -58,13 +67,13 @@ class Tests_Formatting_SanitizeFileName extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		$this->assertEquals( 'a22b.jpg', sanitize_file_name( 'a%22b.jpg' ) );
 	}
 
-	function test_replaces_unnammed_file_extensions() {
+	function test_replaces_unnamed_file_extensions() {
 		// Test filenames with both supported and unsupported extensions.
 		$this->assertEquals( 'unnamed-file.exe', sanitize_file_name( '_.exe' ) );
 		$this->assertEquals( 'unnamed-file.jpg', sanitize_file_name( '_.jpg' ) );
 	}
 
-	function test_replaces_unnammed_file_extensionless() {
+	function test_replaces_unnamed_file_extensionless() {
 		// Test a filenames that becomes extensionless.
 		$this->assertEquals( 'no-extension', sanitize_file_name( '_.no-extension' ) );
 	}