diff --git a/lib/private/Preview/HEIC.php b/lib/private/Preview/HEIC.php
index e5d73c943a416..64eb48e58dfa8 100644
--- a/lib/private/Preview/HEIC.php
+++ b/lib/private/Preview/HEIC.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 use OCP\Files\File;
 use OCP\Files\FileInfo;
 use OCP\IImage;
+use OCP\Server;
 use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
 
 /**
@@ -44,8 +45,8 @@ public function getThumbnail(File $file, int $maxX, int $maxY): ?IImage {
 
 		$tmpPath = $this->getLocalFile($file);
 		if ($tmpPath === false) {
-			\OC::$server->get(LoggerInterface::class)->error(
-				'Failed to get thumbnail for: ' . $file->getPath(),
+			Server::get(LoggerInterface::class)->error(
+				'Failed to get local file to generate thumbnail for: ' . $file->getPath(),
 				['app' => 'core']
 			);
 			return null;
diff --git a/lib/private/Preview/Image.php b/lib/private/Preview/Image.php
index 69841f079296e..78a402c636a1d 100644
--- a/lib/private/Preview/Image.php
+++ b/lib/private/Preview/Image.php
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 
 use OCP\Files\File;
 use OCP\IImage;
+use OCP\Server;
+use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
 
 abstract class Image extends ProviderV2 {
 	/**
@@ -25,6 +27,13 @@ public function getThumbnail(File $file, int $maxX, int $maxY): ?IImage {
 		$image = new \OCP\Image();
 
 		$fileName = $this->getLocalFile($file);
+		if ($fileName === false) {
+			Server::get(LoggerInterface::class)->error(
+				'Failed to get local file to generate thumbnail for: ' . $file->getPath(),
+				['app' => 'core']
+			);
+			return null;
+		}
 
 		$image->loadFromFile($fileName);
 		$image->fixOrientation();
diff --git a/lib/private/Preview/MP3.php b/lib/private/Preview/MP3.php
index 105b182b415ae..add0028738e90 100644
--- a/lib/private/Preview/MP3.php
+++ b/lib/private/Preview/MP3.php
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 
 use OCP\Files\File;
 use OCP\IImage;
+use OCP\Server;
+use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
 use wapmorgan\Mp3Info\Mp3Info;
 use function OCP\Log\logger;
 
@@ -25,6 +27,13 @@ public function getMimeType(): string {
 	 */
 	public function getThumbnail(File $file, int $maxX, int $maxY): ?IImage {
 		$tmpPath = $this->getLocalFile($file);
+		if ($tmpPath === false) {
+			Server::get(LoggerInterface::class)->error(
+				'Failed to get local file to generate thumbnail for: ' . $file->getPath(),
+				['app' => 'core']
+			);
+			return null;
+		}
 
 		try {
 			$audio = new Mp3Info($tmpPath, true);
diff --git a/lib/private/Preview/Movie.php b/lib/private/Preview/Movie.php
index 4a6104930d6f5..ed6a277053ba4 100644
--- a/lib/private/Preview/Movie.php
+++ b/lib/private/Preview/Movie.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 use OCP\Files\File;
 use OCP\Files\FileInfo;
 use OCP\IImage;
+use OCP\Server;
 use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
 
 class Movie extends ProviderV2 {
@@ -75,6 +76,13 @@ public function getThumbnail(File $file, int $maxX, int $maxY): ?IImage {
 
 		foreach ($sizeAttempts as $size) {
 			$absPath = $this->getLocalFile($file, $size);
+			if ($absPath === false) {
+				Server::get(LoggerInterface::class)->error(
+					'Failed to get local file to generate thumbnail for: ' . $file->getPath(),
+					['app' => 'core']
+				);
+				return null;
+			}
 
 			$result = null;
 			if (is_string($absPath)) {
diff --git a/lib/private/Preview/Office.php b/lib/private/Preview/Office.php
index 20fbef6eb23eb..ffba0211de2be 100644
--- a/lib/private/Preview/Office.php
+++ b/lib/private/Preview/Office.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 use OCP\IImage;
 use OCP\ITempManager;
 use OCP\Server;
+use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
 
 abstract class Office extends ProviderV2 {
 	/**
@@ -33,6 +34,13 @@ public function getThumbnail(File $file, int $maxX, int $maxY): ?IImage {
 
 		// The file to generate the preview for.
 		$absPath = $this->getLocalFile($file);
+		if ($absPath === false) {
+			Server::get(LoggerInterface::class)->error(
+				'Failed to get local file to generate thumbnail for: ' . $file->getPath(),
+				['app' => 'core']
+			);
+			return null;
+		}
 
 		// The destination for the LibreOffice user profile.
 		// LibreOffice can rune once per user profile and therefore instance id and file id are included.