diff --git a/lib/private/Accounts/AccountProperty.php b/lib/private/Accounts/AccountProperty.php
index 4b7f2b0c04c2f..896dfd247b5c6 100644
--- a/lib/private/Accounts/AccountProperty.php
+++ b/lib/private/Accounts/AccountProperty.php
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ public static function mapScopeToV2(string $scope): string {
 
 		switch ($scope) {
 			case IAccountManager::VISIBILITY_PRIVATE:
+			case '':
 				return IAccountManager::SCOPE_LOCAL;
 			case IAccountManager::VISIBILITY_CONTACTS_ONLY:
 				return IAccountManager::SCOPE_FEDERATED;
diff --git a/tests/lib/Accounts/AccountPropertyTest.php b/tests/lib/Accounts/AccountPropertyTest.php
index c2ba96ef8a50a..55f83513349c1 100644
--- a/tests/lib/Accounts/AccountPropertyTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/Accounts/AccountPropertyTest.php
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ public function scopesProvider() {
 			[IAccountManager::VISIBILITY_PRIVATE, IAccountManager::SCOPE_LOCAL],
 			[IAccountManager::VISIBILITY_CONTACTS_ONLY, IAccountManager::SCOPE_FEDERATED],
 			[IAccountManager::VISIBILITY_PUBLIC, IAccountManager::SCOPE_PUBLISHED],
+			['', IAccountManager::SCOPE_LOCAL],
 			// invalid values
-			['', null],
 			['unknown', null],
 			['v2-unknown', null],
 		];