diff --git a/packages/web-app-files/src/helpers/resource/actions/transfer.ts b/packages/web-app-files/src/helpers/resource/actions/transfer.ts
index 36fffdb180e..48fb1b8a08a 100644
--- a/packages/web-app-files/src/helpers/resource/actions/transfer.ts
+++ b/packages/web-app-files/src/helpers/resource/actions/transfer.ts
@@ -129,9 +129,9 @@ export class ResourceTransfer extends ConflictDialog {
   }
 
   // This is for an edge case if an user moves a subfolder with the same name as the parent folder into the parent of the parent folder (which is not possible because of the backend)
-  private isOverwritingParentFolder(resource, targetFolder, targetFolderResources) {
+  public isOverwritingParentFolder(resource, targetFolder, targetFolderResources) {
     if (resource.type !== 'folder') {
-      return
+      return false
     }
     const folderName = basename(resource.path)
     const newPath = join(targetFolder.path, folderName)
diff --git a/packages/web-app-files/tests/unit/helpers/resource/resourcesTransfer.spec.ts b/packages/web-app-files/tests/unit/helpers/resource/resourcesTransfer.spec.ts
index 5f501a0ae70..0dae7862a73 100644
--- a/packages/web-app-files/tests/unit/helpers/resource/resourcesTransfer.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/web-app-files/tests/unit/helpers/resource/resourcesTransfer.spec.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ describe('resourcesTransfer', () => {
       {
         id: 'a',
         name: 'a',
-        path: '/a'
+        path: '/a',
+        type: 'folder'
       },
       {
         id: 'b',
@@ -149,4 +150,41 @@ describe('resourcesTransfer', () => {
 
     expect(resourcesTransfer.resolveFileExists).toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
+  it('should show error message if trying to overwrite parent', async () => {
+    const targetFolderItems = [
+      {
+        id: 'a',
+        path: 'target/a',
+        webDavPath: '/target/a',
+        name: '/target/a'
+      }
+    ]
+    const resourcesTransfer = new ResourceTransfer(
+      sourceSpace,
+      resourcesToMove,
+      targetSpace,
+      resourcesToMove[0],
+      clientServiceMock,
+      loadingServiceMock,
+      jest.fn(),
+      jest.fn(),
+      jest.fn(),
+      jest.fn(),
+      jest.fn(),
+      jest.fn()
+    )
+    const namingClash = await resourcesTransfer.isOverwritingParentFolder(
+      resourcesToMove[0],
+      targetFolder,
+      targetFolderItems
+    )
+    const noNamingClash = await resourcesTransfer.isOverwritingParentFolder(
+      resourcesToMove[1],
+      targetFolder,
+      targetFolderItems
+    )
+
+    expect(namingClash).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(noNamingClash).toBeFalsy()
+  })
 })