diff --git a/lib/private/Files/Storage/Wrapper/Encryption.php b/lib/private/Files/Storage/Wrapper/Encryption.php
index 5ba989e0e84c3..cb09a4fde7a4d 100644
--- a/lib/private/Files/Storage/Wrapper/Encryption.php
+++ b/lib/private/Files/Storage/Wrapper/Encryption.php
@@ -740,7 +740,11 @@ private function copyBetweenStorage(Storage\IStorage $sourceStorage, $sourceInte
 
 		if ($sourceStorage->is_dir($sourceInternalPath)) {
 			$dh = $sourceStorage->opendir($sourceInternalPath);
-			$result = $this->mkdir($targetInternalPath);
+			if (!$this->is_dir($targetInternalPath)) {
+				$result = $this->mkdir($targetInternalPath);
+			} else {
+				$result = true;
+			}
 			if (is_resource($dh)) {
 				while ($result and ($file = readdir($dh)) !== false) {
 					if (!Filesystem::isIgnoredDir($file)) {