diff --git a/apps/files/lib/Listener/SyncLivePhotosListener.php b/apps/files/lib/Listener/SyncLivePhotosListener.php
index 6334e5d16a62d..b6773e8c45239 100644
--- a/apps/files/lib/Listener/SyncLivePhotosListener.php
+++ b/apps/files/lib/Listener/SyncLivePhotosListener.php
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ class SyncLivePhotosListener implements IEventListener {
 	private array $pendingRenames = [];
 	/** @var Array<int, bool> */
 	private array $pendingDeletion = [];
+	/** @var Array<int> */
+	private array $pendingCopies = [];
 
 	public function __construct(
 		private ?Folder $userFolder,
@@ -153,7 +155,6 @@ private function handleCopy(File $sourceFile, File $targetFile, File $peerFile):
 		$targetName = $targetFile->getName();
 		$peerTargetName = substr($targetName, 0, -strlen($sourceExtension)) . $peerFileExtension;
 
-
 		if ($targetParent->nodeExists($peerTargetName)) {
 			// If the copy was a folder copy, then the peer file already exists.
 			$targetPeerFile = $targetParent->get($peerTargetName);
@@ -225,6 +226,11 @@ private function handleCopyRecursive(Event $event, Node $sourceNode, Node $targe
 				$this->handleCopyRecursive($event, $sourceChild, $targetChild);
 			}
 		} elseif ($sourceNode instanceof File && $targetNode instanceof File) {
+			// in case the copy was initiated from this listener, we stop right now
+			if (in_array($sourceNode->getId(), $this->pendingCopies)) {
+				return;
+			}
+
 			$peerFileId = $this->livePhotosService->getLivePhotoPeerId($sourceNode->getId());
 			if ($peerFileId === null) {
 				return;
@@ -234,11 +240,13 @@ private function handleCopyRecursive(Event $event, Node $sourceNode, Node $targe
 				return;
 			}
 
+			$this->pendingCopies[] = $peerFileId;
 			if ($event instanceof BeforeNodeCopiedEvent) {
 				$this->runMoveOrCopyChecks($sourceNode, $targetNode, $peerFile);
 			} elseif ($event instanceof NodeCopiedEvent) {
 				$this->handleCopy($sourceNode, $targetNode, $peerFile);
 			}
+			$this->pendingCopies = array_diff($this->pendingCopies, [$peerFileId]);
 		} else {
 			throw new Exception('Source and target type are not matching');
 		}
diff --git a/lib/private/Files/View.php b/lib/private/Files/View.php
index 6b6668ea49afa..e35a74c821297 100644
--- a/lib/private/Files/View.php
+++ b/lib/private/Files/View.php
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ public function copy($source, $target, $preserveMtime = false) {
 
 			try {
 				$exists = $this->file_exists($target);
-				if ($this->shouldEmitHooks()) {
+				if ($this->shouldEmitHooks($target)) {
 					\OC_Hook::emit(
 						Filesystem::CLASSNAME,
 						Filesystem::signal_copy,
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ public function copy($source, $target, $preserveMtime = false) {
 					$this->changeLock($target, ILockingProvider::LOCK_SHARED);
 					$lockTypePath2 = ILockingProvider::LOCK_SHARED;
 
-					if ($this->shouldEmitHooks() && $result !== false) {
+					if ($this->shouldEmitHooks($target) && $result !== false) {
 						\OC_Hook::emit(
 							Filesystem::CLASSNAME,
 							Filesystem::signal_post_copy,