diff --git a/api/src/Link.php b/api/src/Link.php
index 708fc8477b..e7704af71c 100644
--- a/api/src/Link.php
+++ b/api/src/Link.php
@@ -1190,7 +1190,7 @@ class Link extends Link\Storage
 		}
 		if (file_exists($entry_dir) || ($Ok = mkdir($entry_dir,0,true)))
 		{
-			$Ok = Vfs::copy_uploaded($file, $p=self::vfs_path($app,$id,'',true), $comment, false);	// no is_uploaded_file() check!
+			$Ok = Vfs::copy_uploaded($file, $p=Vfs::parse_url($entry_dir, PHP_URL_PATH), $comment, false);	// no is_uploaded_file() check!
 			if (!$Ok) error_log(__METHOD__."('$app', '$id', ".array2string($file).", '$comment') called Vfs::copy_uploaded('$file[tmp_name]', '$p', '$comment', false)=".array2string($Ok));
 		}
 		else