diff --git a/apps/files/lib/Controller/ViewController.php b/apps/files/lib/Controller/ViewController.php
index 587f75f3f02..786c006081b 100644
--- a/apps/files/lib/Controller/ViewController.php
+++ b/apps/files/lib/Controller/ViewController.php
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ class ViewController extends Controller {
 		$nav->assign('quota', $storageInfo['quota']);
 		$nav->assign('usage_relative', $storageInfo['relative']);
 
-		$nav->assign('webdav_url', \OCP\Util::linkToRemote('dav/files/' . $user));
+		$nav->assign('webdav_url', \OCP\Util::linkToRemote('dav/files/' . rawurlencode($user)));
 
 		$contentItems = [];