diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/client/jobs/BackgroundJobManager.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/client/jobs/BackgroundJobManager.kt
index 219de803ecda..abde68ad4040 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/client/jobs/BackgroundJobManager.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/client/jobs/BackgroundJobManager.kt
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ interface BackgroundJobManager {
     fun cancelAllJobs()
     fun schedulePeriodicHealthStatus()
     fun startHealthStatus()
-    fun bothFilesSyncJobsRunning(syncedFolderID: Long): Boolean
+    fun isAutoUploadWorkerRunning(syncedFolderID: Long): Boolean
     fun startOfflineOperations()
     fun startPeriodicallyOfflineOperation()
     fun scheduleInternal2WaySync(intervalMinutes: Long)
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/client/jobs/BackgroundJobManagerImpl.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/client/jobs/BackgroundJobManagerImpl.kt
index ed9aaefa6eff..0ad01e66c7ad 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/client/jobs/BackgroundJobManagerImpl.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/client/jobs/BackgroundJobManagerImpl.kt
@@ -421,8 +421,8 @@ internal class BackgroundJobManagerImpl(
         workManager.cancelJob(JOB_PERIODIC_CALENDAR_BACKUP, user)
     }
 
-    override fun bothFilesSyncJobsRunning(syncedFolderID: Long): Boolean =
-        workManager.isWorkRunning(JOB_PERIODIC_FILES_SYNC + "_" + syncedFolderID) &&
+    override fun isAutoUploadWorkerRunning(syncedFolderID: Long): Boolean =
+        workManager.isWorkRunning(JOB_PERIODIC_FILES_SYNC + "_" + syncedFolderID) ||
             workManager.isWorkRunning(JOB_IMMEDIATE_FILES_SYNC + "_" + syncedFolderID)
 
     override fun startPeriodicallyOfflineOperation() {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/client/jobs/autoUpload/AutoUploadWorker.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/client/jobs/autoUpload/AutoUploadWorker.kt
index b13ebabe7578..2c54909872ae 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/client/jobs/autoUpload/AutoUploadWorker.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/client/jobs/autoUpload/AutoUploadWorker.kt
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ class AutoUploadWorker(
             return true
         }
 
-        if (backgroundJobManager.bothFilesSyncJobsRunning(syncedFolderID)) {
+        if (backgroundJobManager.isAutoUploadWorkerRunning(syncedFolderID)) {
             Log_OC.w(TAG, "🚧 another worker is already running for $syncedFolderID")
             return true
         }