diff --git a/lib/private/Files/Cache/Cache.php b/lib/private/Files/Cache/Cache.php
index 7b42cc2aa5704..6072d98cea736 100644
--- a/lib/private/Files/Cache/Cache.php
+++ b/lib/private/Files/Cache/Cache.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  * @copyright Copyright (c) 2016, ownCloud, Inc.
  *
  * @author Andreas Fischer <bantu@owncloud.com>
+ * @author Ari Selseng <ari@selseng.net>
  * @author Artem Kochnev <MrJeos@gmail.com>
  * @author Björn Schießle <bjoern@schiessle.org>
  * @author Florin Peter <github@florin-peter.de>
@@ -781,7 +782,9 @@ public function correctFolderSize($path, $data = null) {
 			if ($parent === '.' or $parent === '/') {
 				$parent = '';
 			}
-			$this->correctFolderSize($parent);
+			if ($this->getStatus($parent) !== self::SHALLOW) {
+				$this->correctFolderSize($parent);
+			}
 		}
 	}