diff --git a/lib/private/Federation/CloudFederationShare.php b/lib/private/Federation/CloudFederationShare.php
index 0c2795188f..e0360d78cb 100644
--- a/lib/private/Federation/CloudFederationShare.php
+++ b/lib/private/Federation/CloudFederationShare.php
@@ -204,7 +204,11 @@ class CloudFederationShare implements ICloudFederationShare {
 	 * @since 14.0.0
 	 */
 	public function setShareType($shareType) {
-		$this->share['shareType'] = $shareType;
+		if ($shareType === 'group' || $shareType === \OCP\Share::SHARE_TYPE_REMOTE_GROUP) {
+			$this->share['shareType'] = 'group';
+		} else {
+			$this->share['shareType'] = 'user';
+		}
 	}
 
 	/**