diff --git a/internal/grpc/services/gateway/storageprovider.go b/internal/grpc/services/gateway/storageprovider.go
index 0de25d099b1..47f1f4abbfc 100644
--- a/internal/grpc/services/gateway/storageprovider.go
+++ b/internal/grpc/services/gateway/storageprovider.go
@@ -196,8 +196,13 @@ func (s *svc) ListStorageSpaces(ctx context.Context, req *provider.ListStorageSp
 	uniqueSpaces := map[string]*provider.StorageSpace{}
 	for i := range providers {
 		if errors[i] != nil {
-			log.Debug().Err(errors[i]).Msg("skipping provider")
-			continue
+			if len(providers) > 1 {
+				log.Debug().Err(errors[i]).Msg("skipping provider")
+				continue
+			}
+			return &provider.ListStorageSpacesResponse{
+				Status: status.NewStatusFromErrType(ctx, "error listing space", errors[i]),
+			}, nil
 		}
 		for j := range spacesFromProviders[i] {
 			uniqueSpaces[spacesFromProviders[i][j].Id.OpaqueId] = spacesFromProviders[i][j]
@@ -207,6 +212,11 @@ func (s *svc) ListStorageSpaces(ctx context.Context, req *provider.ListStorageSp
 	for spaceID := range uniqueSpaces {
 		spaces = append(spaces, uniqueSpaces[spaceID])
 	}
+	if len(spaces) == 0 {
+		return &provider.ListStorageSpacesResponse{
+			Status: status.NewNotFound(ctx, "space not found")
+		}, nil
+	}
 
 	return &provider.ListStorageSpacesResponse{
 		Status:        status.NewOK(ctx),
diff --git a/internal/grpc/services/storageprovider/storageprovider.go b/internal/grpc/services/storageprovider/storageprovider.go
index 0fe2a3600f6..9c8529971ee 100644
--- a/internal/grpc/services/storageprovider/storageprovider.go
+++ b/internal/grpc/services/storageprovider/storageprovider.go
@@ -433,6 +433,7 @@ func hasNodeID(s *provider.StorageSpace) bool {
 }
 
 func (s *service) ListStorageSpaces(ctx context.Context, req *provider.ListStorageSpacesRequest) (*provider.ListStorageSpacesResponse, error) {
+	log := appctx.GetLogger(ctx)
 	spaces, err := s.storage.ListStorageSpaces(ctx, req.Filters)
 	if err != nil {
 		var st *rpc.Status
@@ -461,6 +462,8 @@ func (s *service) ListStorageSpaces(ctx context.Context, req *provider.ListStora
 			if spaces[i].Root.StorageId == "" {
 				spaces[i].Root.StorageId = s.mountID
 			}
+		} else if spaces[i].Id == nil || spaces[i].Id.OpaqueId == "" {
+			log.Warn().Str("service", "storageprovider").Str("driver", s.conf.Driver).Interface("space", spaces[i]).Msg("space is missing space id and root id")
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/decomposedfs.go b/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/decomposedfs.go
index 03208cbc95c..eb31b6eb976 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/decomposedfs.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/decomposedfs.go
@@ -577,7 +577,6 @@ func (fs *Decomposedfs) ListStorageSpaces(ctx context.Context, filter []*provide
 					// do not list shares as spaces for the owner
 					continue
 				}
-				space.Name = n.Name
 			} else {
 				space.Name = "root" // do not expose the id as name, this is the root of a space
 				// TODO read from extended attribute for project / group spaces