diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/decomposedfs-xattr-errors.md b/changelog/unreleased/decomposedfs-xattr-errors.md
index 3b21b1baf80..3d24b18bc6d 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/decomposedfs-xattr-errors.md
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/decomposedfs-xattr-errors.md
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ Enhancement: Refactored the xattrs package in the decomposedfs
 The xattrs package now uses the xattr.ENOATTR instead of os.ENODATA or os.ENOATTR to check attribute existence.
 
 https://github.com/cs3org/reva/pull/2540
+https://github.com/cs3org/reva/pull/2541
diff --git a/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/node/node.go b/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/node/node.go
index c2156084a02..0e21552bd1e 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/node/node.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/node/node.go
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ func (n *Node) Child(ctx context.Context, name string) (*Node, error) {
 
 	var c *Node
 	if strings.HasPrefix(link, "../") {
-		c, err = ReadNode(ctx, n.lu, filepath.Base(link))
+		c, err = ReadNode(ctx, n.lu, spaceID, filepath.Base(link))
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "could not read child node")
 		}
@@ -411,11 +411,6 @@ func (n *Node) LockFilePath() string {
 	return n.InternalPath() + ".lock"
 }
 
-// LockFilePath returns the internal path of the lock file of the node
-func (n *Node) LockFilePath() string {
-	return n.lu.InternalPath(n.ID) + ".lock"
-}
-
 // CalculateEtag returns a hash of fileid + tmtime (or mtime)
 func CalculateEtag(nodeID string, tmTime time.Time) (string, error) {
 	return calculateEtag(nodeID, tmTime)
diff --git a/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/spaces.go b/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/spaces.go
index 2cfa7d6927b..2fe33ef5260 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/spaces.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/spaces.go
@@ -515,11 +515,9 @@ func (fs *Decomposedfs) DeleteStorageSpace(ctx context.Context, req *provider.De
 		if len(matches) != 1 {
 			return fmt.Errorf("delete root node failed: found %d matching root nodes", len(matches))
 		}
-
-	n, err := node.ReadNode(ctx, fs.lu, spaceID, filepath.Base(target))
-	if err != nil {
 		return os.RemoveAll(matches[0])
 	}
+
 	// don't delete - just rename
 	dn := *n
 	deletionTime := time.Now().UTC().Format(time.RFC3339Nano)
@@ -540,7 +538,7 @@ func (fs *Decomposedfs) DeleteStorageSpace(ctx context.Context, req *provider.De
 	return os.Symlink(trashPath, np)
 }
 
-func (fs *Decomposedfs) createStorageSpace(ctx context.Context, spaceType, spaceID string) error {
+func (fs *Decomposedfs) createStorageSpace(ctx context.Context, spaceType string, spaceID string) error {
 	// create space type dir
 	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Join(fs.o.Root, "spaces", spaceType), 0700); err != nil {
 		return err