diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/fix-0-byte-overwrites.md b/changelog/unreleased/fix-0-byte-overwrites.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5f32db7ba7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/fix-0-byte-overwrites.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Bugfix: Fix overwriting files with empty files
+
+We fixed a bug where files could not be overwritten with empty files using the desktop client.
+
+https://github.com/cs3org/reva/pull/4425
diff --git a/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocdav/tus.go b/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocdav/tus.go
index 6fbbbb6e43..d3592f1ab7 100644
--- a/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocdav/tus.go
+++ b/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocdav/tus.go
@@ -175,7 +175,13 @@ func (s *svc) handleTusPost(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.
 			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
 			return
 		}
-		if tfRes.Status.Code != rpc.Code_CODE_OK {
+		switch tfRes.Status.Code {
+		case rpc.Code_CODE_OK:
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusCreated)
+			return
+		case rpc.Code_CODE_ALREADY_EXISTS:
+			// Fall through to the tus case
+		default:
 			log.Error().Interface("status", tfRes.Status).Msg("error touching file")
 			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
 			return