diff --git a/packages/web-app-files/src/components/SideBar/Shares/Collaborators/RoleDropdown.vue b/packages/web-app-files/src/components/SideBar/Shares/Collaborators/RoleDropdown.vue
index 1430e02233e..26b26097532 100644
--- a/packages/web-app-files/src/components/SideBar/Shares/Collaborators/RoleDropdown.vue
+++ b/packages/web-app-files/src/components/SideBar/Shares/Collaborators/RoleDropdown.vue
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ export default defineComponent({
     },
     share() {
       // the root share has an empty key in the shares tree. That's the reason why we retrieve the share by an empty key here
-      return this.sharesTree['']?.find((s) => s.incoming)
+      return this.sharesTree['/']?.find((s) => s.incoming)
     },
     allowCustomSharing() {
       return this.capabilities?.files_sharing?.allow_custom
diff --git a/packages/web-app-files/src/components/SideBar/Shares/FileLinks.vue b/packages/web-app-files/src/components/SideBar/Shares/FileLinks.vue
index e527a9967c7..dd2ed57ef7e 100644
--- a/packages/web-app-files/src/components/SideBar/Shares/FileLinks.vue
+++ b/packages/web-app-files/src/components/SideBar/Shares/FileLinks.vue
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ export default defineComponent({
 
     share() {
       // the root share has an empty key in the shares tree. That's the reason why we retrieve the share by an empty key here
-      return this.sharesTree['']?.find((s) => s.incoming)
+      return this.sharesTree['/']?.find((s) => s.incoming)
     },
 
     expirationDate() {
diff --git a/packages/web-app-files/src/helpers/path.js b/packages/web-app-files/src/helpers/path.js
index cf91b694633..a2a186f0699 100644
--- a/packages/web-app-files/src/helpers/path.js
+++ b/packages/web-app-files/src/helpers/path.js
@@ -21,12 +21,16 @@ export function getParentPaths(path = '', includeCurrent = false) {
   const paths = []
   const sections = s.split('/')
 
-  if (includeCurrent) {
+  if (includeCurrent && s) {
     paths.push(s)
   }
 
   sections.pop()
   while (sections.length > 0) {
+    if (!sections.join('/')) {
+      sections.pop()
+      continue
+    }
     paths.push(sections.join('/'))
     sections.pop()
   }