diff --git a/apps/files/lib/Command/TransferOwnership.php b/apps/files/lib/Command/TransferOwnership.php
index 50aa0b21a5f42..c14ab38cadbfd 100644
--- a/apps/files/lib/Command/TransferOwnership.php
+++ b/apps/files/lib/Command/TransferOwnership.php
@@ -96,7 +96,12 @@ protected function configure() {
 				InputOption::VALUE_OPTIONAL,
 				'transfer incoming user file shares to destination user. Usage: --transfer-incoming-shares=1 (value required)',
 				'2'
-		);
+			)->addOption(
+				'ignore-encryption-error',
+				null,
+				InputOption::VALUE_NONE,
+				'ignore encryption error. Usage: --ignore-encryption-error',
+			);
 	}
 
 	protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int {
@@ -146,6 +151,8 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int
 					break;
 			}
 
+			$GLOBALS['ignore-encryption-error'] = $input->getOption('ignore-encryption-error');
+
 			$this->transferService->transfer(
 				$sourceUserObject,
 				$destinationUserObject,
diff --git a/lib/private/Files/Storage/Wrapper/Encryption.php b/lib/private/Files/Storage/Wrapper/Encryption.php
index 3c65cdbc8f660..1df6bc5d8f8fe 100644
--- a/lib/private/Files/Storage/Wrapper/Encryption.php
+++ b/lib/private/Files/Storage/Wrapper/Encryption.php
@@ -758,7 +758,13 @@ private function copyBetweenStorage(Storage\IStorage $sourceStorage, $sourceInte
 			} catch (\Exception $e) {
 				fclose($source);
 				fclose($target);
-				throw $e;
+				$this->logger->logException(new \Exception("Fail to copy '$sourceInternalPath' to '$targetInternalPath'", 0, $e));
+				if ($GLOBALS['ignore-encryption-error']) {
+					fwrite(STDERR, "	- Skipping '$sourceInternalPath'" . $e->getMessage() . PHP_EOL);
+					$result = true;
+				} else {
+					throw $e;
+				}
 			}
 			if ($result) {
 				if ($preserveMtime) {
@@ -926,10 +932,10 @@ protected function getHeader($path) {
 		}
 
 		$result = [];
-		
+
 		// first check if it is an encrypted file at all
 		// We would do query to filecache only if we know that entry in filecache exists
-		
+
 		$info = $this->getCache()->get($path);
 		if (isset($info['encrypted']) && $info['encrypted'] === true) {
 			$firstBlock = $this->readFirstBlock($path);