diff --git a/apps/files_versions/lib/versions.php b/apps/files_versions/lib/versions.php
index d9016e409351f1dc4c7989200548561488fa475a..b9cc40a0664b4022329d6e40b0b1824f5cd4d8a1 100644
--- a/apps/files_versions/lib/versions.php
+++ b/apps/files_versions/lib/versions.php
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ class Storage {
 			return self::store($new_path);
 		}
 
+		self::expire($newpath);
+
 		$abs_newpath = $versions_view->getLocalFile($newpath);
 
 		if ( $files_view->is_dir($oldpath) && $versions_view->is_dir($oldpath) ) {