diff --git a/lib/private/Files/ObjectStore/ObjectStoreStorage.php b/lib/private/Files/ObjectStore/ObjectStoreStorage.php
index 67b3f2e7286494052d62e59b194feecb5923fcdb..e0d437839a06627941d21c7fab09d17549a24d39 100644
--- a/lib/private/Files/ObjectStore/ObjectStoreStorage.php
+++ b/lib/private/Files/ObjectStore/ObjectStoreStorage.php
@@ -349,12 +349,7 @@ class ObjectStoreStorage extends \OC\Files\Storage\Common {
 
 	public function getMimeType($path) {
 		$path = $this->normalizePath($path);
-		$stat = $this->stat($path);
-		if (is_array($stat)) {
-			return $stat['mimetype'];
-		} else {
-			return false;
-		}
+		return parent::getMimeType($path);
 	}
 
 	public function touch($path, $mtime = null) {