diff --git a/apps/files/src/utils/davUtils.ts b/apps/files/src/utils/davUtils.ts
index 38137a04d16a4..cf49df5b278e0 100644
--- a/apps/files/src/utils/davUtils.ts
+++ b/apps/files/src/utils/davUtils.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
  */
 
 import { getCurrentUser } from '@nextcloud/auth'
+import { t } from '@nextcloud/l10n'
+import type { WebDAVClientError } from 'webdav'
 
 /**
  * Check whether this is a public share
@@ -21,3 +23,37 @@ export function getToken() {
 	const tokenElement = document.getElementById('sharingToken') as (HTMLInputElement | null)
 	return tokenElement?.value
 }
+
+/**
+ * Whether error is a WebDAVClientError
+ * @param error - Any exception
+ * @return {boolean} - Whether error is a WebDAVClientError
+ */
+function isWebDAVClientError(error: unknown): error is WebDAVClientError {
+	return error instanceof Error && 'status' in error && 'response' in error
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get a localized error message from webdav request
+ * @param error - An exception from webdav request
+ * @return {string} Localized error message for end user
+ */
+export function humanizeWebDAVError(error: unknown) {
+	if (error instanceof Error) {
+		if (isWebDAVClientError(error)) {
+			const status = error.status || error.response?.status || 0
+			if ([400, 404, 405].includes(status)) {
+				return t('files', 'Folder not found')
+			} else if (status === 403) {
+				return t('files', 'This operation is forbidden')
+			} else if (status === 500) {
+				return t('files', 'This directory is unavailable, please check the logs or contact the administrator')
+			} else if (status === 503) {
+				return t('files', 'Storage is temporarily not available')
+			}
+		}
+		return t('files', 'Unexpected error: {error}', { error: error.message })
+	}
+
+	return t('files', 'Unknown error')
+}
diff --git a/apps/files/src/views/FilesList.vue b/apps/files/src/views/FilesList.vue
index c157dd804a31a..fdfbed6a4e31a 100644
--- a/apps/files/src/views/FilesList.vue
+++ b/apps/files/src/views/FilesList.vue
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@
 <script lang="ts">
 import type { ContentsWithRoot, INode } from '@nextcloud/files'
 import type { Upload } from '@nextcloud/upload'
-import type { AxiosError } from '@nextcloud/axios'
 import type { CancelablePromise } from 'cancelable-promise'
 import type { ComponentPublicInstance } from 'vue'
 import type { Route } from 'vue-router'
@@ -177,6 +176,7 @@ import filesListWidthMixin from '../mixins/filesListWidth.ts'
 import filesSortingMixin from '../mixins/filesSorting.ts'
 import logger from '../logger.ts'
 import DragAndDropNotice from '../components/DragAndDropNotice.vue'
+import { humanizeWebDAVError } from '../utils/davUtils.ts'
 
 const isSharingEnabled = (getCapabilities() as { files_sharing?: boolean })?.files_sharing !== undefined
 
@@ -557,22 +557,7 @@ export default defineComponent({
 				})
 			} catch (error) {
 				logger.error('Error while fetching content', { error })
-				if (error instanceof Error) {
-					const status = ('status' in error && error.status as number) || ('response' in error && (error.response as AxiosError).status) || 0
-					if ([400, 404, 405].includes(status)) {
-						this.error = t('files', 'Folder not found')
-					} else if (status === 403) {
-						this.error = t('files', 'This operation is forbidden')
-					} else if (status === 500) {
-						this.error = t('files', 'This directory is unavailable, please check the logs or contact the administrator')
-					} else if (status === 503) {
-						this.error = t('files', 'Storage is temporarily not available')
-					} else {
-						this.error = t('files', 'Unexpected error: {error}', { error: error.message })
-					}
-				} else {
-					this.error = t('files', 'Unknown error')
-				}
+				this.error = humanizeWebDAVError(error)
 			} finally {
 				this.loading = false
 			}