diff --git a/apps/files/lib/Controller/TransferOwnershipController.php b/apps/files/lib/Controller/TransferOwnershipController.php
index a71373baae4e8..3564b08ad6a6e 100644
--- a/apps/files/lib/Controller/TransferOwnershipController.php
+++ b/apps/files/lib/Controller/TransferOwnershipController.php
@@ -140,11 +140,6 @@ public function accept(int $id): DataResponse {
 			return new DataResponse([], Http::STATUS_FORBIDDEN);
 		}
 
-		$notification = $this->notificationManager->createNotification();
-		$notification->setApp('files')
-			->setObject('transfer', (string)$id);
-		$this->notificationManager->markProcessed($notification);
-
 		$newTransferOwnership = new TransferOwnershipEntity();
 		$newTransferOwnership->setNodeName($transferOwnership->getNodeName());
 		$newTransferOwnership->setFileId($transferOwnership->getFileId());
@@ -156,6 +151,11 @@ public function accept(int $id): DataResponse {
 			'id' => $newTransferOwnership->getId(),
 		]);
 
+		$notification = $this->notificationManager->createNotification();
+		$notification->setApp('files')
+			->setObject('transfer', (string)$id);
+		$this->notificationManager->markProcessed($notification);
+
 		return new DataResponse([], Http::STATUS_OK);
 	}
 
diff --git a/apps/files/lib/Notification/Notifier.php b/apps/files/lib/Notification/Notifier.php
index bae3a513df745..5a82499e36e1e 100644
--- a/apps/files/lib/Notification/Notifier.php
+++ b/apps/files/lib/Notification/Notifier.php
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@
  */
 namespace OCA\Files\Notification;
 
+use OCA\Files\BackgroundJob\TransferOwnership;
 use OCA\Files\Db\TransferOwnershipMapper;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Db\DoesNotExistException;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Utility\ITimeFactory;
+use OCP\BackgroundJob\IJobList;
 use OCP\IURLGenerator;
 use OCP\IUser;
 use OCP\IUserManager;
@@ -36,15 +38,19 @@ class Notifier implements INotifier, IDismissableNotifier {
 	private $userManager;
 	/** @var ITimeFactory */
 	private $timeFactory;
+	/** @var IJobList */
+	private $jobList;
 
 	public function __construct(IFactory $l10nFactory,
 		IURLGenerator $urlGenerator,
 		TransferOwnershipMapper $mapper,
 		IManager $notificationManager,
 		IUserManager $userManager,
+		IJobList $jobList,
 		ITimeFactory $timeFactory) {
 		$this->l10nFactory = $l10nFactory;
 		$this->urlGenerator = $urlGenerator;
+		$this->jobList = $jobList;
 		$this->mapper = $mapper;
 		$this->notificationManager = $notificationManager;
 		$this->userManager = $userManager;
@@ -259,6 +265,9 @@ public function dismissNotification(INotification $notification): void {
 		if ($notification->getApp() !== 'files') {
 			throw new UnknownNotificationException('Unhandled app');
 		}
+		if ($notification->getSubject() !== 'transferownershipRequest') {
+			throw new UnknownNotificationException('Unhandled notification type');
+		}
 
 		// TODO: This should all be moved to a service that also the transferownershipController uses.
 		try {
@@ -267,6 +276,12 @@ public function dismissNotification(INotification $notification): void {
 			return;
 		}
 
+		if ($this->jobList->has(TransferOwnership::class, [
+			'id' => $transferOwnership->getId(),
+		])) {
+			return;
+		}
+
 		$notification = $this->notificationManager->createNotification();
 		$notification->setUser($transferOwnership->getSourceUser())
 			->setApp('files')