diff --git a/apps/files/ajax/scan.php b/apps/files/ajax/scan.php
index 391b98608bdbbffa9a67c9ba3c6e0b79f88435eb..6659cd459c89f6dfbe208294fb40a85c6938faed 100644
--- a/apps/files/ajax/scan.php
+++ b/apps/files/ajax/scan.php
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ foreach ($mountPoints as $mountPoint) {
 		ScanListener::$mountPoints[$storage->getId()] = $mountPoint;
 		$scanner = $storage->getScanner();
 		if ($force) {
-			$scanner->scan('');
+			$scanner->scan('', \OC\Files\Cache\Scanner::SCAN_RECURSIVE, \OC\Files\Cache\Scanner::REUSE_ETAG);
 		} else {
 			$scanner->backgroundScan();
 		}
diff --git a/lib/files/cache/scanner.php b/lib/files/cache/scanner.php
index 8f9a7921956f6a4c3fbc9eab9d6ef70b8ee64caf..e7fbd856d5a425675e82730ec3e820d044d87567 100644
--- a/lib/files/cache/scanner.php
+++ b/lib/files/cache/scanner.php
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 namespace OC\Files\Cache;
 
+use OC\Files\Filesystem;
+
 class Scanner {
 	/**
 	 * @var \OC\Files\Storage\Storage $storage
@@ -27,6 +29,9 @@ class Scanner {
 	const SCAN_RECURSIVE = true;
 	const SCAN_SHALLOW = false;
 
+	const REUSE_ETAG = 1;
+	const REUSE_SIZE = 2;
+
 	public function __construct(\OC\Files\Storage\Storage $storage) {
 		$this->storage = $storage;
 		$this->storageId = $this->storage->getId();
@@ -59,12 +64,12 @@ class Scanner {
 	 * scan a single file and store it in the cache
 	 *
 	 * @param string $file
-	 * @param bool $checkExisting check existing folder sizes in the cache instead of always using -1 for folder size
+	 * @param int $reuseExisting
 	 * @return array with metadata of the scanned file
 	 */
-	public function scanFile($file, $checkExisting = false) {
-		if ( ! self::isPartialFile($file)
-			and ! \OC\Files\Filesystem::isFileBlacklisted($file)
+	public function scanFile($file, $reuseExisting = 0) {
+		if (!self::isPartialFile($file)
+			and !Filesystem::isFileBlacklisted($file)
 		) {
 			\OC_Hook::emit('\OC\Files\Cache\Scanner', 'scan_file', array('path' => $file, 'storage' => $this->storageId));
 			$data = $this->getData($file);
@@ -79,20 +84,22 @@ class Scanner {
 					}
 				}
 				$newData = $data;
-				if ($cacheData = $this->cache->get($file)) {
-					if ($checkExisting && $data['size'] === -1) {
-						$data['size'] = $cacheData['size'];
-					}
-					if ($data['mtime'] === $cacheData['mtime'] &&
-						$data['size'] === $cacheData['size']) {
-						$data['etag'] = $cacheData['etag'];
+				if ($reuseExisting and $cacheData = $this->cache->get($file)) {
+					// only reuse data if the file hasn't explicitly changed
+					if ($data['mtime'] === $cacheData['mtime']) {
+						if (($reuseExisting & self::REUSE_SIZE) && ($data['size'] === -1)) {
+							$data['size'] = $cacheData['size'];
+						}
+						if ($reuseExisting & self::REUSE_ETAG) {
+							$data['etag'] = $cacheData['etag'];
+						}
 					}
 					// Only update metadata that has changed
 					$newData = array_diff($data, $cacheData);
 				}
-				if (!empty($newData)) {
-					$this->cache->put($file, $newData);
-				}
+			}
+			if (!empty($newData)) {
+				$this->cache->put($file, $newData);
 			}
 			return $data;
 		}
@@ -100,38 +107,50 @@ class Scanner {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * scan all the files in a folder and store them in the cache
+	 * scan a folder and all it's children
 	 *
 	 * @param string $path
 	 * @param bool $recursive
-	 * @param bool $onlyChilds
+	 * @param int $reuse
 	 * @return int the size of the scanned folder or -1 if the size is unknown at this stage
 	 */
-	public function scan($path, $recursive = self::SCAN_RECURSIVE, $onlyChilds = false) {
-		\OC_Hook::emit('\OC\Files\Cache\Scanner', 'scan_folder', array('path' => $path, 'storage' => $this->storageId));
-		$childQueue = array();
-		if (!$onlyChilds) {
-			$this->scanFile($path);
+	public function scan($path, $recursive = self::SCAN_RECURSIVE, $reuse = -1) {
+		if ($reuse === -1) {
+			$reuse = ($recursive === self::SCAN_SHALLOW) ? self::REUSE_ETAG | self::REUSE_SIZE : 0;
 		}
+		$this->scanFile($path, $reuse);
+		return $this->scanChildren($path, $recursive, $reuse);
+	}
 
+	/**
+	 * scan all the files and folders in a folder
+	 *
+	 * @param string $path
+	 * @param bool $recursive
+	 * @param int $reuse
+	 * @return int the size of the scanned folder or -1 if the size is unknown at this stage
+	 */
+	public function scanChildren($path, $recursive = self::SCAN_RECURSIVE, $reuse = -1) {
+		if ($reuse === -1) {
+			$reuse = ($recursive === self::SCAN_SHALLOW) ? self::REUSE_ETAG | self::REUSE_SIZE : 0;
+		}
+		\OC_Hook::emit('\OC\Files\Cache\Scanner', 'scan_folder', array('path' => $path, 'storage' => $this->storageId));
 		$size = 0;
+		$childQueue = array();
 		if ($this->storage->is_dir($path) && ($dh = $this->storage->opendir($path))) {
 			\OC_DB::beginTransaction();
 			while ($file = readdir($dh)) {
 				$child = ($path) ? $path . '/' . $file : $file;
-				if (!\OC\Files\Filesystem::isIgnoredDir($file)) {
-					$data = $this->scanFile($child, $recursive === self::SCAN_SHALLOW);
+				if (!Filesystem::isIgnoredDir($file)) {
+					$data = $this->scanFile($child, $reuse);
 					if ($data) {
 						if ($data['size'] === -1) {
 							if ($recursive === self::SCAN_RECURSIVE) {
 								$childQueue[] = $child;
-								$data['size'] = 0;
 							} else {
 								$size = -1;
 							}
-						}
-
-						if ($size !== -1) {
+						} else if ($size !== -1) {
 							$size += $data['size'];
 						}
 					}
@@ -139,16 +158,14 @@ class Scanner {
 			}
 			\OC_DB::commit();
 			foreach ($childQueue as $child) {
-				$childSize = $this->scan($child, self::SCAN_RECURSIVE, true);
+				$childSize = $this->scanChildren($child, self::SCAN_RECURSIVE);
 				if ($childSize === -1) {
 					$size = -1;
 				} else {
 					$size += $childSize;
 				}
 			}
-			if ($size !== -1) {
-				$this->cache->put($path, array('size' => $size));
-			}
+			$this->cache->put($path, array('size' => $size));
 		}
 		return $size;
 	}
diff --git a/tests/lib/files/cache/scanner.php b/tests/lib/files/cache/scanner.php
index 3885c99e6d325121c260547c39ea1cfa02995531..3dacefa2b801dab56f6a34b8d26ddfb4f5312218 100644
--- a/tests/lib/files/cache/scanner.php
+++ b/tests/lib/files/cache/scanner.php
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class Scanner extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 		$this->assertNotEquals($cachedDataFolder['size'], -1);
 	}
 
-	function testBackgroundScan(){
+	function testBackgroundScan() {
 		$this->fillTestFolders();
 		$this->storage->mkdir('folder2');
 		$this->storage->file_put_contents('folder2/bar.txt', 'foobar');
@@ -126,6 +126,24 @@ class Scanner extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 		$this->assertFalse($this->cache->getIncomplete());
 	}
 
+	public function testReuseExisting() {
+		$this->fillTestFolders();
+
+		$this->scanner->scan('');
+		$oldData = $this->cache->get('');
+		$this->storage->unlink('folder/bar.txt');
+		$this->scanner->scan('', \OC\Files\Cache\Scanner::SCAN_SHALLOW, \OC\Files\Cache\Scanner::REUSE_SIZE);
+		$newData = $this->cache->get('');
+		$this->assertNotEquals($oldData['etag'], $newData['etag']);
+		$this->assertEquals($oldData['size'], $newData['size']);
+
+		$oldData = $newData;
+		$this->scanner->scan('', \OC\Files\Cache\Scanner::SCAN_SHALLOW, \OC\Files\Cache\Scanner::REUSE_ETAG);
+		$newData = $this->cache->get('');
+		$this->assertEquals($oldData['etag'], $newData['etag']);
+		$this->assertEquals(-1, $newData['size']);
+	}
+
 	function setUp() {
 		$this->storage = new \OC\Files\Storage\Temporary(array());
 		$this->scanner = new \OC\Files\Cache\Scanner($this->storage);
diff --git a/tests/lib/files/cache/updater.php b/tests/lib/files/cache/updater.php
index 874a35e2c6f00a281b96a9adcbd6018d3d52a717..b2db27e42e0ea52431207f38bdc0ef8664b2a940 100644
--- a/tests/lib/files/cache/updater.php
+++ b/tests/lib/files/cache/updater.php
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ class Updater extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 	public function testWrite() {
 		$textSize = strlen("dummy file data\n");
 		$imageSize = filesize(\OC::$SERVERROOT . '/core/img/logo.png');
+		$this->cache->put('foo.txt', array('mtime' => 100));
 		$rootCachedData = $this->cache->get('');
 		$this->assertEquals(3 * $textSize + $imageSize, $rootCachedData['size']);
 
@@ -77,11 +78,9 @@ class Updater extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 		$cachedData = $this->cache->get('foo.txt');
 		$this->assertEquals(3, $cachedData['size']);
 		$this->assertNotEquals($fooCachedData['etag'], $cachedData['etag']);
-		$mtime = $cachedData['mtime'];
 		$cachedData = $this->cache->get('');
 		$this->assertEquals(2 * $textSize + $imageSize + 3, $cachedData['size']);
 		$this->assertNotEquals($rootCachedData['etag'], $cachedData['etag']);
-		$this->assertGreaterThanOrEqual($rootCachedData['mtime'], $mtime);
 		$rootCachedData = $cachedData;
 
 		$this->assertFalse($this->cache->inCache('bar.txt'));
@@ -264,4 +263,4 @@ class Updater extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 		$this->assertEquals($time, $cachedData['mtime']);
 	}
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}