diff --git a/apps/federatedfilesharing/lib/FederatedShareProvider.php b/apps/federatedfilesharing/lib/FederatedShareProvider.php
index cf5ee133ea..575e3cdff5 100644
--- a/apps/federatedfilesharing/lib/FederatedShareProvider.php
+++ b/apps/federatedfilesharing/lib/FederatedShareProvider.php
@@ -1046,7 +1046,7 @@ class FederatedShareProvider implements IShareProvider {
 		if ($this->gsConfig->isGlobalScaleEnabled()) {
 			return true;
 		}
-		$result = $this->config->getAppValue('files_sharing', 'lookupServerEnabled', 'no');
+		$result = $this->config->getAppValue('files_sharing', 'lookupServerEnabled', 'yes');
 		return ($result === 'yes');
 	}
 
diff --git a/apps/federatedfilesharing/tests/FederatedShareProviderTest.php b/apps/federatedfilesharing/tests/FederatedShareProviderTest.php
index a92426b0be..c8acdd3df5 100644
--- a/apps/federatedfilesharing/tests/FederatedShareProviderTest.php
+++ b/apps/federatedfilesharing/tests/FederatedShareProviderTest.php
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ class FederatedShareProviderTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 		$this->gsConfig->expects($this->once())->method('isGlobalScaleEnabled')
 			->willReturn($gsEnabled);
 		$this->config->expects($this->any())->method('getAppValue')
-			->with('files_sharing', 'lookupServerEnabled', 'no')
+			->with('files_sharing', 'lookupServerEnabled', 'yes')
 			->willReturn($isEnabled);
 
 		$this->assertSame($expected,