diff --git a/apps/files_sharing/lib/Controller/ExternalSharesController.php b/apps/files_sharing/lib/Controller/ExternalSharesController.php
index 16450974ad97a..12675e1f5c134 100644
--- a/apps/files_sharing/lib/Controller/ExternalSharesController.php
+++ b/apps/files_sharing/lib/Controller/ExternalSharesController.php
@@ -7,12 +7,10 @@
  */
 namespace OCA\Files_Sharing\Controller;
 
-use OCA\Files_Sharing\BackgroundJob\ExternalShareScanJob;
 use OCA\Files_Sharing\External\Manager;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Controller;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Http\Attribute\NoAdminRequired;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Http\JSONResponse;
-use OCP\BackgroundJob\IJobList;
 use OCP\IRequest;
 use OCP\IUser;
 use OCP\IUserSession;
@@ -28,7 +26,6 @@ public function __construct(
 		string $appName,
 		IRequest $request,
 		private readonly Manager $externalManager,
-		private readonly IJobList $jobList,
 		private readonly IUserSession $userSession,
 	) {
 		parent::__construct($appName, $request);
@@ -58,7 +55,6 @@ public function create(string $id): JSONResponse {
 		$externalShare = $this->externalManager->getShare($id, $this->getUser());
 		if ($externalShare !== false) {
 			$this->externalManager->acceptShare($externalShare, $this->getUser());
-			$this->jobList->add(ExternalShareScanJob::class, [$externalShare->getUser(), $externalShare->getMountpoint()]);
 		}
 		return new JSONResponse();
 	}
diff --git a/apps/files_sharing/lib/External/Manager.php b/apps/files_sharing/lib/External/Manager.php
index 7988ccd76d377..fe883c900202d 100644
--- a/apps/files_sharing/lib/External/Manager.php
+++ b/apps/files_sharing/lib/External/Manager.php
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@
 use OC\Files\Filesystem;
 use OC\User\NoUserException;
 use OCA\FederatedFileSharing\Events\FederatedShareAddedEvent;
+use OCA\Files_Sharing\BackgroundJob\ExternalShareScanJob;
 use OCA\Files_Sharing\Helper;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Db\DoesNotExistException;
+use OCP\BackgroundJob\IJobList;
 use OCP\DB\Exception;
 use OCP\EventDispatcher\IEventDispatcher;
 use OCP\Federation\ICloudFederationFactory;
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ public function __construct(
 		private readonly IRootFolder $rootFolder,
 		private readonly ISetupManager $setupManager,
 		private readonly ExternalShareMapper $externalShareMapper,
+		private readonly IJobList $jobList,
 	) {
 	}
 
@@ -199,6 +202,7 @@ public function acceptShare(ExternalShare $externalShare, IUser $user): bool {
 				$externalShare->setMountpoint($mountPoint);
 				$this->externalShareMapper->update($externalShare);
 				$userShareAccepted = true;
+				$this->jobList->add(ExternalShareScanJob::class, [$externalShare->getUser(), $externalShare->getMountpoint()]);
 			}
 		} else {
 			try {
diff --git a/apps/files_sharing/tests/Controller/ExternalShareControllerTest.php b/apps/files_sharing/tests/Controller/ExternalShareControllerTest.php
index c0bfc424c4366..5bd95c82cebed 100644
--- a/apps/files_sharing/tests/Controller/ExternalShareControllerTest.php
+++ b/apps/files_sharing/tests/Controller/ExternalShareControllerTest.php
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 use OCA\Files_Sharing\External\ExternalShare;
 use OCA\Files_Sharing\External\Manager;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Http\JSONResponse;
-use OCP\BackgroundJob\IJobList;
 use OCP\IRequest;
 use OCP\IUser;
 use OCP\IUserSession;
@@ -25,14 +24,12 @@
 class ExternalShareControllerTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 	private IRequest&MockObject $request;
 	private Manager&MockObject $externalManager;
-	private IJobList&MockObject $jobList;
 	private IUser $user;
 
 	protected function setUp(): void {
 		parent::setUp();
 		$this->request = $this->createMock(IRequest::class);
 		$this->externalManager = $this->createMock(Manager::class);
-		$this->jobList = $this->createMock(IJobList::class);
 		$this->user = $this->createMock(IUser::class);
 		$this->user->method('getUID')->willReturn('user');
 	}
@@ -45,7 +42,6 @@ public function getExternalShareController(): ExternalSharesController {
 			'files_sharing',
 			$this->request,
 			$this->externalManager,
-			$this->jobList,
 			$session,
 		);
 	}
@@ -70,9 +66,6 @@ public function testCreate(): void {
 			->expects($this->once())
 			->method('acceptShare')
 			->with($share, $this->user);
-		$this->jobList
-			->expects($this->once())
-			->method('add');
 
 		$this->assertEquals(new JSONResponse(), $this->getExternalShareController()->create('4'));
 	}
diff --git a/apps/files_sharing/tests/External/ManagerTest.php b/apps/files_sharing/tests/External/ManagerTest.php
index 0fa8d3485296a..f1dc9c617cc16 100644
--- a/apps/files_sharing/tests/External/ManagerTest.php
+++ b/apps/files_sharing/tests/External/ManagerTest.php
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 use OCA\Files_Sharing\External\Manager;
 use OCA\Files_Sharing\External\MountProvider;
 use OCA\Files_Sharing\Tests\TestCase;
+use OCP\BackgroundJob\IJobList;
 use OCP\Contacts\IManager;
 use OCP\EventDispatcher\IEventDispatcher;
 use OCP\Federation\ICloudFederationFactory;
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ class ManagerTest extends TestCase {
 	protected ICertificateManager&MockObject $certificateManager;
 	private ExternalShareMapper $externalShareMapper;
 	private IConfig $config;
+	private IJobList&MockObject $jobList;
 
 	protected function setUp(): void {
 		parent::setUp();
@@ -83,6 +85,7 @@ protected function setUp(): void {
 		$this->cloudFederationProviderManager = $this->createMock(ICloudFederationProviderManager::class);
 		$this->cloudFederationFactory = $this->createMock(ICloudFederationFactory::class);
 		$this->config = $this->createMock(IConfig::class);
+		$this->jobList = $this->createMock(IJobList::class);
 		$this->groupManager = $this->createMock(IGroupManager::class);
 		$this->userManager = $this->createMock(IUserManager::class);
 		$this->eventDispatcher = $this->createMock(IEventDispatcher::class);
@@ -164,6 +167,7 @@ private function createManager(): Manager&MockObject {
 					$this->rootFolder,
 					$this->setupManager,
 					$this->externalShareMapper,
+					$this->jobList,
 				]
 			)->onlyMethods(['tryOCMEndPoint'])->getMock();
 	}