diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/fix-eosbinary-app.md b/changelog/unreleased/fix-eosbinary-app.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..965d16e6c07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/fix-eosbinary-app.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Bugfix: Fix application flag for EOS binary
+
+https://github.com/cs3org/reva/pull/3787
diff --git a/pkg/eosclient/eosbinary/eosbinary.go b/pkg/eosclient/eosbinary/eosbinary.go
index 9fc54d6ba76..fca2194f327 100644
--- a/pkg/eosclient/eosbinary/eosbinary.go
+++ b/pkg/eosclient/eosbinary/eosbinary.go
@@ -238,11 +238,11 @@ func (c *Client) executeEOS(ctx context.Context, cmdArgs []string, auth eosclien
 		cmd.Env = append(cmd.Env, "KRB5CCNAME=FILE:/dev/null") // do not try to use krb
 	}
 
-	cmd.Args = append(cmd.Args, cmdArgs...)
-
 	// add application label
 	cmd.Args = append(cmd.Args, "-a", "reva_eosclient::meta")
 
+	cmd.Args = append(cmd.Args, cmdArgs...)
+
 	span := trace.SpanFromContext(ctx)
 	cmd.Args = append(cmd.Args, "--comment", span.SpanContext().TraceID().String())