diff --git a/lib/private/Files/ObjectStore/ObjectStoreStorage.php b/lib/private/Files/ObjectStore/ObjectStoreStorage.php
index 036016e1c9766..8ab1622eb9e62 100644
--- a/lib/private/Files/ObjectStore/ObjectStoreStorage.php
+++ b/lib/private/Files/ObjectStore/ObjectStoreStorage.php
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ public function writeStream(string $path, $stream, ?int $size = null): int {
 		$metadata = [
 			'mimetype' => $mimetype,
 			'original-storage' => $this->getId(),
-			'original-path' => $path,
+			'original-path' => preg_replace('/\s+/', ' ', $path) ?? $path,
 		];
 		if ($size) {
 			$metadata['size'] = $size;