diff --git a/src/libsync/propagateremotemove.cpp b/src/libsync/propagateremotemove.cpp
index 1290863b6022f..8f85e34ed8621 100644
--- a/src/libsync/propagateremotemove.cpp
+++ b/src/libsync/propagateremotemove.cpp
@@ -266,17 +266,13 @@ void PropagateRemoteMove::slotMoveJobFinished()
 
             if (QFileInfo::exists(targetFile)) {
                     // Delete old db data.
-                    if (!propagator()->_journal->deleteFileRecord(_item->_originalFile)) {
-                        qCWarning(lcPropagateRemoteMove) << "could not delete file from local DB" << _item->_originalFile;
-                        done(SyncFileItem::NormalError,
-                             tr("Could not delete file record %1 from local DB").arg(_item->_originalFile),
-                             ErrorCategory::GenericError);
-                        return;
+                if (!propagator()->_journal->deleteFileRecord(newItem->_originalFile)) {
+                        qCWarning(lcPropagateRemoteMove) << "could not delete file from local DB" << newItem->_originalFile;
                     }
                     // TODO: vfs->setPinState(_item->_originalFile, PinState::Inherited) will always fail as item is already gone from original location, do we
                     // need this?
-                    if (!vfs->setPinState(_item->_originalFile, PinState::Inherited)) {
-                        qCWarning(lcPropagateRemoteMove) << "Could not set pin state of" << _item->_originalFile << "to inherited";
+                    if (!vfs->setPinState(newItem->_originalFile, PinState::Inherited)) {
+                        qCWarning(lcPropagateRemoteMove) << "Could not set pin state of" << newItem->_originalFile << "to inherited";
                     }
                 }
             const auto result = propagator()->updateMetadata(*newItem);