diff --git a/apps/files_sharing/lib/Cache.php b/apps/files_sharing/lib/Cache.php
index aa45b6ab43e0d..20d9765d597ea 100644
--- a/apps/files_sharing/lib/Cache.php
+++ b/apps/files_sharing/lib/Cache.php
@@ -154,6 +154,10 @@ protected function formatCacheEntry($entry, $path = null) {
 			} else {
 				$entry['permissions'] = $this->storage->getPermissions($entry['path']);
 			}
+
+			if ($this->storage->getShare()->getNodeId() === $entry['fileid']) {
+				$entry['name'] = basename($this->storage->getShare()->getTarget());
+			}
 		} catch (StorageNotAvailableException $e) {
 			// thrown by FailedStorage e.g. when the sharer does not exist anymore
 			// (IDE may say the exception is never thrown – false negative)
diff --git a/apps/files_sharing/tests/CacheTest.php b/apps/files_sharing/tests/CacheTest.php
index f4f64bc6a328e..50e5433d10f56 100644
--- a/apps/files_sharing/tests/CacheTest.php
+++ b/apps/files_sharing/tests/CacheTest.php
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ protected function setUp(): void {
 		$this->view->file_put_contents('container/shareddir/subdir/another.txt', $textData);
 		$this->view->file_put_contents('container/shareddir/subdir/another too.txt', $textData);
 		$this->view->file_put_contents('container/shareddir/subdir/not a text file.xml', '<xml></xml>');
+		$this->view->file_put_contents('simplefile.txt', $textData);
 
 		[$this->ownerStorage,] = $this->view->resolvePath('');
 		$this->ownerCache = $this->ownerStorage->getCache();
@@ -302,6 +303,42 @@ public function testGetFolderContentsInSubdir() {
 		);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * This covers a bug where the share owners name was propagated
+	 * to the recipient in the recent files API response where the
+	 * share recipient has a different target set
+	 *
+	 * https://github.com/nextcloud/server/issues/39879
+	 */
+	public function testShareRenameOriginalFileInRecentResults() {
+		self::loginHelper(self::TEST_FILES_SHARING_API_USER1);
+
+		$rootFolder = \OC::$server->getUserFolder(self::TEST_FILES_SHARING_API_USER1);
+		$node = $rootFolder->get('simplefile.txt');
+		$share = $this->shareManager->newShare();
+		$share->setNode($node)
+			->setShareType(IShare::TYPE_USER)
+			->setSharedWith(self::TEST_FILES_SHARING_API_USER3)
+			->setSharedBy(self::TEST_FILES_SHARING_API_USER1)
+			->setPermissions(\OCP\Constants::PERMISSION_READ);
+		$share = $this->shareManager->createShare($share);
+		$share->setStatus(IShare::STATUS_ACCEPTED);
+		$this->shareManager->updateShare($share);
+
+		self::loginHelper(self::TEST_FILES_SHARING_API_USER1);
+		$node->move(self::TEST_FILES_SHARING_API_USER1 . '/files/simplefile2.txt');
+
+		self::loginHelper(self::TEST_FILES_SHARING_API_USER3);
+		$rootFolder = \OC::$server->getUserFolder(self::TEST_FILES_SHARING_API_USER3);
+		$recents = $rootFolder->getRecent(10);
+		self::assertEquals([
+			'welcome.txt',
+			'simplefile.txt'
+		], array_map(function($node) {
+			return $node->getFileInfo()['name'];
+		}, $recents));
+	}
+
 	public function testGetFolderContentsWhenSubSubdirShared() {
 		self::loginHelper(self::TEST_FILES_SHARING_API_USER1);