diff --git a/src/storage/filesystem.js b/src/storage/filesystem.js
index e9b9ef18a..4735c6262 100644
--- a/src/storage/filesystem.js
+++ b/src/storage/filesystem.js
@@ -91,6 +91,23 @@ function checkPreconditions(apiConfig, dataLayout, callback) {
     });
 }
 
+function hasChownSupportSync(apiConfig) {
+    switch (apiConfig.provider) {
+    case PROVIDER_NFS:
+    case PROVIDER_EXT4:
+    case PROVIDER_FILESYSTEM:
+        return true;
+    case PROVIDER_SSHFS:
+        // sshfs can be mounted as root or normal user. when mounted as root, we have to chown since we remove backups as the yellowtent user
+        // when mounted as non-root user, files are created as yellowtent user but they are still owned by the non-root user (thus del also works)
+        return apiConfig.mountOptions.username === 'root';
+    case PROVIDER_CIFS:
+        return true;
+    case PROVIDER_MOUNTPOINT:
+        return apiConfig.chown;
+    }
+}
+
 function upload(apiConfig, backupFilePath, sourceStream, callback) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof apiConfig, 'object');
     assert.strictEqual(typeof backupFilePath, 'string');
@@ -117,7 +134,7 @@ function upload(apiConfig, backupFilePath, sourceStream, callback) {
         fileStream.on('finish', function () {
             const backupUid = parseInt(process.env.SUDO_UID, 10) || process.getuid(); // in test, upload() may or may not be called via sudo script
 
-            if ((apiConfig.provider !== PROVIDER_MOUNTPOINT && apiConfig.provider !== PROVIDER_CIFS && apiConfig.provider !== PROVIDER_SSHFS) || apiConfig.chown) {
+            if (hasChownSupportSync(apiConfig)) {
                 if (!safe.fs.chownSync(backupFilePath, backupUid, backupUid)) return callback(new BoxError(BoxError.EXTERNAL_ERROR, 'Unable to chown:' + safe.error.message));
                 if (!safe.fs.chownSync(path.dirname(backupFilePath), backupUid, backupUid)) return callback(new BoxError(BoxError.EXTERNAL_ERROR, 'Unable to chown:' + safe.error.message));
             }