diff --git a/lib/Service/DocumentService.php b/lib/Service/DocumentService.php
index 39944996a00..f8532b34cf7 100644
--- a/lib/Service/DocumentService.php
+++ b/lib/Service/DocumentService.php
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ public function createDocument(File $file): Document {
 		$document->setLastSavedVersion(0);
 		$document->setLastSavedVersionTime($file->getMTime());
 		$document->setLastSavedVersionEtag($file->getEtag());
-		$document->setBaseVersionEtag($file->getEtag());
+		$document->setBaseVersionEtag(uniqid());
 		try {
 			/** @var Document $document */
 			$document = $this->documentMapper->insert($document);