diff --git a/src/mirall/owncloudpropagator.cpp b/src/mirall/owncloudpropagator.cpp
index 8644d6fc1c..f769277e45 100644
--- a/src/mirall/owncloudpropagator.cpp
+++ b/src/mirall/owncloudpropagator.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ void PropagateItemJob::done(SyncFileItem::Status status, const QString &errorStr
 {
     if (_item._isRestoration) {
         if( status == SyncFileItem::Success || status == SyncFileItem::Conflict) {
-            status = SyncFileItem::SoftError;
+            status = SyncFileItem::Restoration;
         } else {
             _item._errorString += tr("; Restoration Failed: ") + errorString;
         }
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ void PropagateItemJob::done(SyncFileItem::Status status, const QString &errorStr
         _propagator->_journal->updateBlacklistEntry( record );
         break;
     case SyncFileItem::Success:
+    case SyncFileItem::Restoration:
         if( _item._blacklistedInDb ) {
             // wipe blacklist entry.
             _propagator->_journal->wipeBlacklistEntry(_item._file);
@@ -161,7 +162,8 @@ void PropagateItemJob::slotRestoreJobCompleted(const SyncFileItem& item )
         _restoreJob->setRestoreJobMsg();
     }
 
-    if( item._status == SyncFileItem::Success ||  item._status == SyncFileItem::Conflict) {
+    if( item._status == SyncFileItem::Success ||  item._status == SyncFileItem::Conflict
+            || item._status == SyncFileItem::Restoration) {
         done( SyncFileItem::SoftError, msg);
     } else {
         done( item._status, tr("A file or directory was removed from a read only share, but restoring failed: %1").arg(item._errorString) );
@@ -388,7 +390,8 @@ void PropagateDirectory::start()
 
 void PropagateDirectory::slotSubJobFinished(SyncFileItem::Status status)
 {
-    if (status == SyncFileItem::FatalError || (_current == -1 && status != SyncFileItem::Success)) {
+    if (status == SyncFileItem::FatalError ||
+            (_current == -1 && status != SyncFileItem::Success && status != SyncFileItem::Restoration)) {
         abort();
         emit finished(status);
         return;
diff --git a/src/mirall/progressdispatcher.cpp b/src/mirall/progressdispatcher.cpp
index d14c4c47b3..384b78d034 100644
--- a/src/mirall/progressdispatcher.cpp
+++ b/src/mirall/progressdispatcher.cpp
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ bool Progress::isWarningKind( SyncFileItem::Status kind)
 {
     return  kind == SyncFileItem::SoftError || kind == SyncFileItem::NormalError
          || kind == SyncFileItem::FatalError || kind == SyncFileItem::FileIgnored
-         || kind == SyncFileItem::Conflict;
+         || kind == SyncFileItem::Conflict || kind == SyncFileItem::Restoration;
 
 }
 
diff --git a/src/mirall/syncfileitem.h b/src/mirall/syncfileitem.h
index 30d3c2730a..4ce515f4a7 100644
--- a/src/mirall/syncfileitem.h
+++ b/src/mirall/syncfileitem.h
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ public:
 
         Success, ///< The file was properly synced
         Conflict, ///< The file was properly synced, but a conflict was created
-        FileIgnored ///< The file is in the ignored list
+        FileIgnored, ///< The file is in the ignored list
+        Restoration ///< The file was restored because what should have been done was not allowed
     };
 
     SyncFileItem() : _type(UnknownType),  _direction(None), _isDirectory(false),