diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/StreamWrapper/AssetsStream.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/StreamWrapper/AssetsStream.php
index 9e29c0b8a934f53e14c32fc485f760dcfd1e63dd..85944dd110be6cc42285cf41ecd2761f349268fc 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/StreamWrapper/AssetsStream.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/StreamWrapper/AssetsStream.php
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public function getDescription(): string {
   public static function basePath($site_path = NULL): string {
     return Settings::get(
       'file_assets_path',
-      Settings::get('file_public_path', 'sites/default/files')
+      parent::basePath($site_path)
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/FunctionalTests/Asset/AssetOptimizationTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/FunctionalTests/Asset/AssetOptimizationTest.php
index 48337977968d49604541e03667ebccef85fe84e4..47bdd8ab081fce3ccfe12c3817c98e8dcbb97bd1 100644
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/FunctionalTests/Asset/AssetOptimizationTest.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/FunctionalTests/Asset/AssetOptimizationTest.php
@@ -33,11 +33,36 @@ class AssetOptimizationTest extends BrowserTestBase {
    * Tests that asset aggregates are rendered and created on disk.
    */
   public function testAssetAggregation(): void {
+    // Test aggregation with a custom file_assets_path.
     $this->fileAssetsPath = $this->publicFilesDirectory . '/test-assets';
     $settings['settings']['file_assets_path'] = (object) [
       'value' => $this->fileAssetsPath,
       'required' => TRUE,
     ];
+    $this->doTestAggregation($settings);
+
+    // Test aggregation with no configured file_assets_path or file_public_path,
+    // since tests run in a multisite, this tests multisite installs where
+    // settings.php is the default.
+    $this->fileAssetsPath = $this->publicFilesDirectory;
+    $settings['settings']['file_public_path'] = (object) [
+      'value' => NULL,
+      'required' => TRUE,
+    ];
+    $settings['settings']['file_assets_path'] = (object) [
+      'value' => NULL,
+      'required' => TRUE,
+    ];
+    $this->doTestAggregation($settings);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Helper to test aggregate file URLs.
+   *
+   * @param array $settings
+   *   A settings array to pass to ::writeSettings()
+   */
+  protected function doTestAggregation(array $settings): void {
     $this->writeSettings($settings);
     $this->rebuildAll();
     $this->config('system.performance')->set('css', [