diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/collaboration-fileinfo-error-code.md b/changelog/unreleased/collaboration-fileinfo-error-code.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f76ac0b1605
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/collaboration-fileinfo-error-code.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Bugfix: CheckFileInfo will return a 404 error if the target file isn't found
+
+Previously, the request failed with a 500 error code, but it it will fail with a 404 error code
+
+https://github.com/owncloud/ocis/pull/10112
diff --git a/services/collaboration/pkg/connector/fileconnector.go b/services/collaboration/pkg/connector/fileconnector.go
index a934fb5f2e5..ab4121956ed 100644
--- a/services/collaboration/pkg/connector/fileconnector.go
+++ b/services/collaboration/pkg/connector/fileconnector.go
@@ -1058,6 +1058,10 @@ func (f *FileConnector) CheckFileInfo(ctx context.Context) (*ConnectorResponse,
 			Str("StatusCode", statRes.GetStatus().GetCode().String()).
 			Str("StatusMsg", statRes.GetStatus().GetMessage()).
 			Msg("CheckFileInfo: stat failed with unexpected status")
+
+		if statRes.GetStatus().GetCode() == rpcv1beta1.Code_CODE_NOT_FOUND {
+			return NewResponse(404), nil
+		}
 		return NewResponse(500), nil
 	}
 
diff --git a/services/collaboration/pkg/connector/fileconnector_test.go b/services/collaboration/pkg/connector/fileconnector_test.go
index 8dfa4961f57..e676ea17421 100644
--- a/services/collaboration/pkg/connector/fileconnector_test.go
+++ b/services/collaboration/pkg/connector/fileconnector_test.go
@@ -1634,6 +1634,19 @@ var _ = Describe("FileConnector", func() {
 			Expect(response.Body).To(BeNil())
 		})
 
+		It("Stat fails status not found", func() {
+			ctx := middleware.WopiContextToCtx(context.Background(), wopiCtx)
+
+			gatewayClient.On("Stat", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Times(1).Return(&providerv1beta1.StatResponse{
+				Status: status.NewNotFound(ctx, "something not found"),
+			}, nil)
+
+			response, err := fc.CheckFileInfo(ctx)
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(response.Status).To(Equal(404))
+			Expect(response.Body).To(BeNil())
+		})
+
 		It("Stat success", func() {
 			ctx := middleware.WopiContextToCtx(context.Background(), wopiCtx)
 			u := &userv1beta1.User{