diff --git a/lib/private/share/share.php b/lib/private/share/share.php
index abb9ec3cb9..211fbf4ee0 100644
--- a/lib/private/share/share.php
+++ b/lib/private/share/share.php
@@ -619,10 +619,13 @@ class Share extends Constants {
 		if (is_null($itemSourceName)) {
 			$itemSourceName = $itemSource;
 		}
+		$itemName = $itemSourceName;
 
 		// check if file can be shared
 		if ($itemType === 'file' or $itemType === 'folder') {
 			$path = \OC\Files\Filesystem::getPath($itemSource);
+			$itemName = $path;
+
 			// verify that the file exists before we try to share it
 			if (!$path) {
 				$message = 'Sharing %s failed, because the file does not exist';
@@ -678,7 +681,7 @@ class Share extends Constants {
 		if ($shareType === self::SHARE_TYPE_USER) {
 			if ($shareWith == $uidOwner) {
 				$message = 'Sharing %s failed, because the user %s is the item owner';
-				$message_t = $l->t('Sharing %s failed, because the user %s is the item owner', array($itemSourceName, $shareWith));
+				$message_t = $l->t('Sharing %s failed, because the user %s is the item owner', array($itemName, $shareWith));
 				\OCP\Util::writeLog('OCP\Share', sprintf($message, $itemSourceName, $shareWith), \OCP\Util::DEBUG);
 				throw new \Exception($message_t);
 			}
diff --git a/tests/lib/share/share.php b/tests/lib/share/share.php
index fc1357fe6e..dc716e898e 100644
--- a/tests/lib/share/share.php
+++ b/tests/lib/share/share.php
@@ -1735,6 +1735,30 @@ class Test_Share extends \Test\TestCase {
 		);
 		$this->assertCount(4, $res);
 	}
+
+	public function testShareWithOwnerError() {
+		OC_User::setUserId($this->user1);
+		$view = new \OC\Files\View('/' . $this->user1 . '/');
+		$view->mkdir('files/folder1');
+
+		$fileInfo = $view->getFileInfo('files/folder1');
+		$this->assertInstanceOf('\OC\Files\FileInfo', $fileInfo);
+		$fileId = $fileInfo->getId();
+
+		$this->assertTrue(
+			OCP\Share::shareItem('folder', $fileId, OCP\Share::SHARE_TYPE_USER, $this->user2, \OCP\Constants::PERMISSION_ALL),
+			'Failed asserting that user 1 successfully shared "test" with user 2.'
+		);
+
+		OC_User::setUserId($this->user1);
+
+		try {
+			OCP\Share::shareItem('folder', $fileId, OCP\Share::SHARE_TYPE_USER, $this->user1, \OCP\Constants::PERMISSION_ALL);
+			$this->fail();
+		} catch (\Exception $e) {
+			$this->assertEquals('Sharing /folder1 failed, because the user ' . $this->user1 . ' is the item owner', $e->getMessage());
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 class DummyShareClass extends \OC\Share\Share {