diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/ui/activity/FileActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/ui/activity/FileActivity.java
index fc9fcce90aea..9ba9b55e19f0 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/ui/activity/FileActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/ui/activity/FileActivity.java
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ private void onCreateShareViaLinkOperationFinish(CreateShareViaLinkOperation ope
             }
 
             if (fileListFragment instanceof OCFileListFragment && file != null) {
-                ((OCFileListFragment) fileListFragment).updateOCFile(file);
+                ((OCFileListFragment) fileListFragment).getAdapter().replaceFile(file);
             }
         } else {
             // Detect Failure (403) --> maybe needs password
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/ui/adapter/OCFileListAdapter.java b/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/ui/adapter/OCFileListAdapter.java
index 00f9e2933d17..33d84971ab3b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/ui/adapter/OCFileListAdapter.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/ui/adapter/OCFileListAdapter.java
@@ -836,6 +836,14 @@ public void setData(List<Object> objects,
         new Handler(Looper.getMainLooper()).post(this::notifyDataSetChanged);
     }
 
+    @SuppressLint("NotifyDataSetChanged")
+    public void replaceFile(OCFile file) {
+        mFiles.remove(file);
+        mFiles.add(file);
+        mFiles = sortOrder.sortCloudFiles(mFiles);
+        notifyDataSetChanged();
+    }
+
     private void parseShares(List<Object> objects) {
         List<OCShare> shares = new ArrayList<>();
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/ui/fragment/OCFileListFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/ui/fragment/OCFileListFragment.java
index 3af6eb035c0a..a69f02194b68 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/ui/fragment/OCFileListFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/ui/fragment/OCFileListFragment.java
@@ -1366,12 +1366,6 @@ public void listDirectory(OCFile directory, OCFile file, boolean onlyOnDevice, b
         }
     }
 
-    public void updateOCFile(OCFile file) {
-        List<OCFile> mFiles = mAdapter.getFiles();
-        mFiles.set(mFiles.indexOf(file), file);
-        mAdapter.notifyItemChanged(file);
-    }
-
     private void updateLayout() {
         // decide grid vs list view
         if (isGridViewPreferred(mFile)) {