diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7268f099d2f..26cd1cdd784 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - TDB
 
 ### Fixed
-- TDB
+- Removed a possibly duplicated encodeURI() calls in `server-proxy.ts` to prevent doubly encoding 
+non-ascii paths while adding files from "Connected file share" (issue #4428)
 
 ### Security
 - TDB
diff --git a/cvat-core/src/server-proxy.ts b/cvat-core/src/server-proxy.ts
index d4441c63a16..de7b3de43d3 100644
--- a/cvat-core/src/server-proxy.ts
+++ b/cvat-core/src/server-proxy.ts
@@ -243,13 +243,12 @@ class ServerProxy {
 
         async function share(directoryArg) {
             const { backendAPI } = config;
-            const directory = encodeURI(directoryArg);
 
             let response = null;
             try {
                 response = await Axios.get(`${backendAPI}/server/share`, {
                     proxy: config.proxy,
-                    params: { directory },
+                    params: { directory: directoryArg },
                 });
             } catch (errorData) {
                 throw generateError(errorData);