diff --git a/apps/files_versions/lib/Listener/FileEventsListener.php b/apps/files_versions/lib/Listener/FileEventsListener.php
index c078f4bc34755..49150f4e726e6 100644
--- a/apps/files_versions/lib/Listener/FileEventsListener.php
+++ b/apps/files_versions/lib/Listener/FileEventsListener.php
@@ -359,7 +359,11 @@ private function getPathForNode(Node $node): ?string {
 			}
 		}
 
-		$owner = $node->getOwner()?->getUid();
+		try {
+			$owner = $node->getOwner()?->getUid();
+		} catch (\OCP\Files\NotFoundException) {
+			$owner = null;
+		}
 
 		// If no owner, extract it from the path.
 		// e.g. /user/files/foobar.txt