diff --git a/qubes-rpc/qvm-copy-to-vm.gnome b/qubes-rpc/qvm-copy-to-vm.gnome
index cc7f6926..38e1f6c9 100755
--- a/qubes-rpc/qvm-copy-to-vm.gnome
+++ b/qubes-rpc/qvm-copy-to-vm.gnome
@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@ set_qdbus() {
 }
 
 copy() {
-    PROGRESS_TYPE=gui /usr/lib/qubes/qrexec-client-vm @default \
-        qubes.Filecopy /usr/lib/qubes/qfile-agent "$@"
+    PROGRESS_TYPE=gui /usr/lib/qubes/qrexec-client-vm \
+        --filter-escape-chars-stderr -- @default \
+        "$service" /usr/lib/qubes/qfile-agent "$@"
 }
 
 progress_kdialog() {
@@ -43,11 +44,11 @@ progress_kdialog() {
     (while read -r pos; do
         if [[ $pos == 0 ]]; then
             # shellcheck disable=SC2207
-            ref=( $(kdialog --progressbar "$DESCRIPTION") )
+            ref=( $(kdialog --progressbar "$description") )
             trap '"$qdbus" "${ref[@]}" close' EXIT  # for this subshell
         fi
 
-        "$qdbus" "${ref[@]}" value $((100 * pos / SIZE))
+        "$qdbus" "${ref[@]}" value $((100 * pos / size))
     done) >/dev/null  # hide qdbus's empty output lines
 }
 
@@ -57,38 +58,31 @@ progress_zenity() {
     (while read -r pos; do
         if [[ $pos == 0 ]]; then
             trap 'kill -- $!' EXIT  # for this subshell
-            exec {fd}> >(exec zenity --progress --text="$DESCRIPTION")
+            exec {fd}> >(exec zenity --progress --text="$description")
         fi
 
-        echo $((100 * pos / SIZE)) >&$fd
+        echo $((100 * pos / size)) >&$fd
     done)
 }
 
 
-find_paths=( )
-for path; do
-    case "$path" in
-        (-*) find_paths+=( ./"$path" ) ;;
-        (*)  find_paths+=(   "$path" ) ;;
-    esac
-done
-
-SIZE=$(
-    find "${find_paths[@]}" -type f -print0 2>/dev/null |
-    du --files0-from - -c --apparent-size -b |
-    tail -n 1 |
-    cut -f 1 |
-    grep -xE '[0-9]+'
-) || SIZE=0
+if size=$(/usr/lib/qubes/qubes-fs-tree-check \
+    --allow-symlinks --allow-directories --machine -- "$@"); then
+    service=qubes.Filecopy
+else
+    status=$?
+    if [[ "$status" -ne 2 ]]; then exit "$status"; fi
+    service=qubes.Filecopy+allow-all-names
+fi
 
 if [[ ${0##*/} == qvm-move-to-vm.* ]]; then
-    DESCRIPTION="Moving files..."
+    description="Moving files..."
     trap '[[ $? == 0 ]] && rm -rf -- "$@"' EXIT
 else
-    DESCRIPTION="Copying files..."
+    description="Copying files..."
 fi
 
-if [[ $SIZE == 0 ]]; then
+if [[ $size == 0 ]]; then
     copy "$@" >/dev/null
 elif [[ $0 == *.kde ]] && type kdialog >/dev/null && set_qdbus; then
     copy "$@" | progress_kdialog