diff --git a/apps/encryption/lib/crypto/encryption.php b/apps/encryption/lib/crypto/encryption.php
index 498c59ffa2..620bdd6ca9 100644
--- a/apps/encryption/lib/crypto/encryption.php
+++ b/apps/encryption/lib/crypto/encryption.php
@@ -57,9 +57,6 @@ class Encryption implements IEncryptionModule {
 	/** @var string */
 	private $path;
 
-	/** @var string */
-	private $realPath;
-
 	/** @var string */
 	private $user;
 
@@ -108,6 +105,9 @@ class Encryption implements IEncryptionModule {
 	/** @var int Current version of the file */
 	private $version = 0;
 
+	/** @var array remember encryption signature version */
+	private static $rememberVersion = [];
+
 
 	/**
 	 *
@@ -172,7 +172,6 @@ class Encryption implements IEncryptionModule {
 	 */
 	public function begin($path, $user, $mode, array $header, array $accessList) {
 		$this->path = $this->getPathToRealFile($path);
-		$this->realPath = $path;
 		$this->accessList = $accessList;
 		$this->user = $user;
 		$this->isWriteOperation = false;
@@ -191,7 +190,7 @@ class Encryption implements IEncryptionModule {
 		// always use the version from the original file, also part files
 		// need to have a correct version number if they get moved over to the
 		// final location
-		$this->version = (int)$this->keyManager->getVersion($this->stripPartFileExtension($this->realPath), new View());
+		$this->version = (int)$this->keyManager->getVersion($this->stripPartFileExtension($path), new View());
 
 		if (
 			$mode === 'w'
@@ -241,7 +240,14 @@ class Encryption implements IEncryptionModule {
 	public function end($path, $position = 0) {
 		$result = '';
 		if ($this->isWriteOperation) {
-			$this->keyManager->setVersion($this->path, $this->version+1, new View());
+			$this->keyManager->setVersion($path, $this->version + 1, new View());
+			// in case of a part file we remember the new signature versions
+			// the version will be set later on update.
+			// This way we make sure that other apps listening to the pre-hooks
+			// still get the old version which should be the correct value for them
+			if (Scanner::isPartialFile($path)) {
+				self::$rememberVersion[$this->stripPartFileExtension($path)] = $this->version + 1;
+			}
 			if (!empty($this->writeCache)) {
 				$result = $this->crypt->symmetricEncryptFileContent($this->writeCache, $this->fileKey, $this->version + 1, $position);
 				$this->writeCache = '';
@@ -367,11 +373,16 @@ class Encryption implements IEncryptionModule {
 	 * @return boolean
 	 */
 	public function update($path, $uid, array $accessList) {
-		$fileKey = $this->keyManager->getFileKey($path, $uid);
-		if(empty($this->realPath)) {
-			$this->realPath = $path;
+
+		if (empty($accessList)) {
+			if (isset(self::$rememberVersion[$path])) {
+				$this->keyManager->setVersion($path, self::$rememberVersion[$path], new View());
+				unset(self::$rememberVersion[$path]);
+			}
+			return;
 		}
-		$version = $this->keyManager->getVersion($this->realPath, new View());
+
+		$fileKey = $this->keyManager->getFileKey($path, $uid);
 
 		if (!empty($fileKey)) {
 
@@ -392,8 +403,6 @@ class Encryption implements IEncryptionModule {
 
 			$this->keyManager->setAllFileKeys($path, $encryptedFileKey);
 
-			$this->keyManager->setVersion($path, $version, new View());
-
 		} else {
 			$this->logger->debug('no file key found, we assume that the file "{file}" is not encrypted',
 				array('file' => $path, 'app' => 'encryption'));
diff --git a/apps/encryption/tests/lib/crypto/encryptionTest.php b/apps/encryption/tests/lib/crypto/encryptionTest.php
index ad943ab6e4..0ce1a2cb76 100644
--- a/apps/encryption/tests/lib/crypto/encryptionTest.php
+++ b/apps/encryption/tests/lib/crypto/encryptionTest.php
@@ -298,6 +298,9 @@ class EncryptionTest extends TestCase {
 				return $publicKeys;
 			});
 
+		$this->keyManagerMock->expects($this->never())->method('getVersion');
+		$this->keyManagerMock->expects($this->never())->method('setVersion');
+
 		$this->assertSame($expected,
 			$this->instance->update('path', 'user1', ['users' => ['user1']])
 		);
@@ -311,6 +314,22 @@ class EncryptionTest extends TestCase {
 		);
 	}
 
+	public function testUpdateNoUsers() {
+
+		$this->invokePrivate($this->instance, 'rememberVersion', [['path' => 2]]);
+
+		$this->keyManagerMock->expects($this->never())->method('getFileKey');
+		$this->keyManagerMock->expects($this->never())->method('getPublicKey');
+		$this->keyManagerMock->expects($this->never())->method('addSystemKeys');
+		$this->keyManagerMock->expects($this->once())->method('setVersion')
+			->willReturnCallback(function($path, $version, $view) {
+				$this->assertSame('path', $path);
+				$this->assertSame(2, $version);
+				$this->assertTrue($view instanceof \OC\Files\View);
+			});
+		$this->instance->update('path', 'user1', []);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * by default the encryption module should encrypt regular files, files in
 	 * files_versions and files in files_trashbin
diff --git a/lib/private/files/storage/wrapper/encryption.php b/lib/private/files/storage/wrapper/encryption.php
index 14d3b15bba..26905dfb38 100644
--- a/lib/private/files/storage/wrapper/encryption.php
+++ b/lib/private/files/storage/wrapper/encryption.php
@@ -260,6 +260,10 @@ class Encryption extends Wrapper {
 					$this->unencryptedSize[$target] = $this->unencryptedSize[$source];
 				}
 				$this->keyStorage->renameKeys($source, $target);
+				$module = $this->getEncryptionModule($path2);
+				if ($module) {
+					$module->update($target, $this->uid, []);
+				}
 			}
 		}