diff --git a/apps/files_sharing/lib/cache.php b/apps/files_sharing/lib/cache.php
index 6386f1d2c60a391ee7ae60b1629c31c488efc540..a4402464481876b0ba5f8dd7589ed25fcf537e83 100644
--- a/apps/files_sharing/lib/cache.php
+++ b/apps/files_sharing/lib/cache.php
@@ -254,9 +254,12 @@ class Shared_Cache extends Cache {
 			$result = \OC_DB::executeAudited($sql, array_merge(array($pattern), $chunk));
 			
 			while ($row = $result->fetchRow()) {
-				$row['mimetype'] = $this->getMimetype($row['mimetype']);
-				$row['mimepart'] = $this->getMimetype($row['mimepart']);
-				$files[] = $row;
+				if (substr($row['path'], 0, 6)==='files/') {
+					$row['path'] = substr($row['path'],6); // remove 'files/' from path as it's relative to '/Shared'
+					$row['mimetype'] = $this->getMimetype($row['mimetype']);
+					$row['mimepart'] = $this->getMimetype($row['mimepart']);
+					$files[] = $row;
+				} // else skip results out of the files folder
 			}
 		}
 		return $files;