diff --git a/lib/private/FilesMetadata/Service/IndexRequestService.php b/lib/private/FilesMetadata/Service/IndexRequestService.php
index bbf6185007175..834f1cb80ca22 100644
--- a/lib/private/FilesMetadata/Service/IndexRequestService.php
+++ b/lib/private/FilesMetadata/Service/IndexRequestService.php
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ public function dropIndexForFiles(array $fileIds, string $key = ''): void {
 			$qb = $this->dbConnection->getQueryBuilder();
 			$expr = $qb->expr();
 			$qb->delete(self::TABLE_METADATA_INDEX)
-				->where($expr->in('file_id', $qb->createNamedParameter($fileIds, IQueryBuilder::PARAM_INT_ARRAY)));
+				->where($expr->in('file_id', $qb->createNamedParameter($chunk, IQueryBuilder::PARAM_INT_ARRAY)));
 
 			if ($key !== '') {
 				$qb->andWhere($expr->eq('meta_key', $qb->createNamedParameter($key)));