diff --git a/lib/private/share/helper.php b/lib/private/share/helper.php
index 2418535c9d50dbcd2f72a7f5c5962a1f56682b78..6bbb101db3a437c80b42c14ed316564c1e7924eb 100644
--- a/lib/private/share/helper.php
+++ b/lib/private/share/helper.php
@@ -189,20 +189,23 @@ class Helper extends \OC\Share\Constants {
 	public static function calculateExpireDate($defaultExpireSettings, $creationTime, $userExpireDate = null) {
 
 		$expires = false;
+		$defaultExpires = null;
 
 		if (!empty($defaultExpireSettings['defaultExpireDateSet'])) {
-			$expires = $creationTime + $defaultExpireSettings['expireAfterDays'] * 86400;
+			$defaultExpires = $creationTime + $defaultExpireSettings['expireAfterDays'] * 86400;
 		}
 
 
 		if (isset($userExpireDate)) {
 			// if the admin decided to enforce the default expire date then we only take
 			// the user defined expire date of it is before the default expire date
-			if ($expires && !empty($defaultExpireSettings['enforceExpireDate'])) {
-				$expires = min($userExpireDate, $expires);
+			if ($defaultExpires && !empty($defaultExpireSettings['enforceExpireDate'])) {
+				$expires = min($userExpireDate, $defaultExpires);
 			} else {
 				$expires = $userExpireDate;
 			}
+		} else if ($defaultExpires && !empty($defaultExpireSettings['enforceExpireDate'])) {
+			$expires = $defaultExpires;
 		}
 
 		return $expires;
diff --git a/tests/lib/share/helper.php b/tests/lib/share/helper.php
index 76046d360bc0cc24c825bc1a921a1da99372da60..7a546410aead60a66e4e3cdac0d9e4c56c6025f3 100644
--- a/tests/lib/share/helper.php
+++ b/tests/lib/share/helper.php
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ class Test_Share_Helper extends \Test\TestCase {
 			array(array('defaultExpireDateSet' => false), 2000000000, 2000010000, 2000010000),
 			// no default expire date and no user defined expire date, return false
 			array(array('defaultExpireDateSet' => false), 2000000000, null, false),
-			// unenforced expire data and no user defined expire date, take default expire date
-			array(array('defaultExpireDateSet' => true, 'expireAfterDays' => 1, 'enforceExpireDate' => false), 2000000000, null, 2000086400),
+			// unenforced expire data and no user defined expire date, return false (because the default is not enforced)
+			array(array('defaultExpireDateSet' => true, 'expireAfterDays' => 1, 'enforceExpireDate' => false), 2000000000, null, false),
 			// enforced expire date and no user defined expire date, take default expire date
 			array(array('defaultExpireDateSet' => true, 'expireAfterDays' => 1, 'enforceExpireDate' => true), 2000000000, null, 2000086400),
 			// unenforced expire date and user defined date > default expire date, take users expire date
@@ -49,6 +49,4 @@ class Test_Share_Helper extends \Test\TestCase {
 		$result = \OC\Share\Helper::calculateExpireDate($defaultExpireSettings, $creationTime, $userExpireDate);
 		$this->assertSame($expected, $result);
 	}
-
-
 }