diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/operations/FetchServerFileResult.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/operations/FetchServerFileResult.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a55e256e24b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/operations/FetchServerFileResult.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/*
+ * Nextcloud - Android Client
+ *
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Alper Ozturk <alper.ozturk@nextcloud.com>
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+package com.owncloud.android.operations
+
+import com.owncloud.android.datamodel.OCFile
+import com.owncloud.android.lib.common.operations.RemoteOperationResult
+
+internal sealed interface FetchServerFileResult {
+    data class Found(val file: OCFile) : FetchServerFileResult
+    data object Missing : FetchServerFileResult
+    data class Failed(val result: RemoteOperationResult<*>) : FetchServerFileResult
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/operations/SynchronizeFileOperation.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/operations/SynchronizeFileOperation.kt
index 9fd8b1511590..345c56dd882b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/operations/SynchronizeFileOperation.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/operations/SynchronizeFileOperation.kt
@@ -119,29 +119,36 @@ class SynchronizeFileOperation : SyncOperation {
     }
 
     private fun syncWithServer(client: OwnCloudClient?): RemoteOperationResult<*> {
-        serverFile = serverFile ?: fetchServerFile(client).let { (result, file) ->
-            if (file == null) return result!!
-            file
+        val givenServerFile = serverFile
+        if (givenServerFile != null) {
+            return resolveChanges(givenServerFile)
         }
 
-        return serverFile
-            ?.let { resolveChanges(it) }
-            ?: handleMissingRemoteFile()
+        return when (val fetchResult = fetchServerFile(client)) {
+            is FetchServerFileResult.Failed -> fetchResult.result
+
+            is FetchServerFileResult.Missing -> handleMissingRemoteFile()
+
+            is FetchServerFileResult.Found -> {
+                serverFile = fetchResult.file
+                resolveChanges(fetchResult.file)
+            }
+        }
     }
 
-    private fun fetchServerFile(client: OwnCloudClient?): Pair<RemoteOperationResult<*>?, OCFile?> {
+    private fun fetchServerFile(client: OwnCloudClient?): FetchServerFileResult {
         val result = ReadFileRemoteOperation(remotePath).execute(client)
         return when {
             result?.isSuccess == true -> {
                 val file = FileStorageUtils.fillOCFile(result.data[0] as RemoteFile?).apply {
                     lastSyncDateForProperties = System.currentTimeMillis()
                 }
-                null to file
+                FetchServerFileResult.Found(file)
             }
 
-            result?.code == RemoteOperationResult.ResultCode.FILE_NOT_FOUND -> null to null
+            result?.code == RemoteOperationResult.ResultCode.FILE_NOT_FOUND -> FetchServerFileResult.Missing
 
-            else -> result to null
+            else -> FetchServerFileResult.Failed(result)
         }
     }