diff --git a/lib/private/Files/Storage/Common.php b/lib/private/Files/Storage/Common.php
index cec6a42a2c06f8400f7f7f99ad773c78ad0dba91..0c1b69108d40c2997f4e5444a220f4c0be838de5 100644
--- a/lib/private/Files/Storage/Common.php
+++ b/lib/private/Files/Storage/Common.php
@@ -643,6 +643,9 @@ abstract class Common implements Storage, ILockingStorage {
 		$data = [];
 		$data['mimetype'] = $this->getMimeType($path);
 		$data['mtime'] = $this->filemtime($path);
+		if ($data['mtime'] === false) {
+			$data['mtime'] = time();
+		}
 		if ($data['mimetype'] == 'httpd/unix-directory') {
 			$data['size'] = -1; //unknown
 		} else {