diff --git a/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/node/node.go b/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/node/node.go
index 896ed0701b..d8f867497f 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/node/node.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/node/node.go
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ func ReadNode(ctx context.Context, lu PathLookup, id string) (n *Node, err error
 	switch {
 	case err == nil:
 		n.ParentID = string(attrBytes)
-	case isNoData(err):
+	case isAttrUnset(err):
 		return nil, errtypes.InternalError(err.Error())
 	case isNotFound(err):
 		return n, nil // swallow not found, the node defaults to exists = false
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ func (n *Node) Owner() (*userpb.UserId, error) {
 	switch {
 	case err == nil:
 		owner.OpaqueId = string(attrBytes)
-	case isNoData(err), isNotFound(err):
+	case isAttrUnset(err), isNotFound(err):
 		fallthrough
 	default:
 		return nil, err
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ func (n *Node) Owner() (*userpb.UserId, error) {
 	switch {
 	case err == nil:
 		owner.Idp = string(attrBytes)
-	case isNoData(err), isNotFound(err):
+	case isAttrUnset(err), isNotFound(err):
 		fallthrough
 	default:
 		return nil, err
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ func (n *Node) Owner() (*userpb.UserId, error) {
 	switch {
 	case err == nil:
 		owner.Type = utils.UserTypeMap(string(attrBytes))
-	case isNoData(err), isNotFound(err):
+	case isAttrUnset(err), isNotFound(err):
 		fallthrough
 	default:
 		// TODO the user type defaults to invalid, which is the case
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ func readChecksumIntoResourceChecksum(ctx context.Context, nodePath, algo string
 			Type: storageprovider.PKG2GRPCXS(algo),
 			Sum:  hex.EncodeToString(v),
 		}
-	case isNoData(err):
+	case isAttrUnset(err):
 		appctx.GetLogger(ctx).Debug().Err(err).Str("nodepath", nodePath).Str("algorithm", algo).Msg("checksum not set")
 	case isNotFound(err):
 		appctx.GetLogger(ctx).Error().Err(err).Str("nodepath", nodePath).Str("algorithm", algo).Msg("file not fount")
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ func readChecksumIntoOpaque(ctx context.Context, nodePath, algo string, ri *prov
 			Decoder: "plain",
 			Value:   []byte(hex.EncodeToString(v)),
 		}
-	case isNoData(err):
+	case isAttrUnset(err):
 		appctx.GetLogger(ctx).Debug().Err(err).Str("nodepath", nodePath).Str("algorithm", algo).Msg("checksum not set")
 	case isNotFound(err):
 		appctx.GetLogger(ctx).Error().Err(err).Str("nodepath", nodePath).Str("algorithm", algo).Msg("file not fount")
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ func readQuotaIntoOpaque(ctx context.Context, nodePath string, ri *provider.Reso
 		} else {
 			appctx.GetLogger(ctx).Error().Err(err).Str("nodepath", nodePath).Str("quota", string(v)).Msg("malformed quota")
 		}
-	case isNoData(err):
+	case isAttrUnset(err):
 		appctx.GetLogger(ctx).Debug().Err(err).Str("nodepath", nodePath).Msg("quota not set")
 	case isNotFound(err):
 		appctx.GetLogger(ctx).Error().Err(err).Str("nodepath", nodePath).Msg("file not found when reading quota")
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ func (n *Node) ReadUserPermissions(ctx context.Context, u *userpb.User) (ap prov
 		switch {
 		case err == nil:
 			AddPermissions(&ap, g.GetPermissions())
-		case isNoData(err):
+		case isAttrUnset(err):
 			err = nil
 			appctx.GetLogger(ctx).Error().Interface("node", n).Str("grant", grantees[i]).Interface("grantees", grantees).Msg("grant vanished from node after listing")
 			// continue with next segment
diff --git a/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/node/permissions.go b/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/node/permissions.go
index b9cfa17c0a..eca4daea44 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/node/permissions.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/node/permissions.go
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ func (p *Permissions) HasPermission(ctx context.Context, n *Node, check func(*pr
 				if check(g.GetPermissions()) {
 					return true, nil
 				}
-			case isNoData(err):
+			case isAttrUnset(err):
 				err = nil
 				appctx.GetLogger(ctx).Error().Interface("node", cn).Str("grant", grantees[i]).Interface("grantees", grantees).Msg("grant vanished from node after listing")
 			default:
diff --git a/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/node/permissions_darwin.go b/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/node/permissions_darwin.go
index 17f50f644b..a44b30df19 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/node/permissions_darwin.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/node/permissions_darwin.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pkg/xattr"
 )
 
-func isNoData(err error) bool {
+func isAttrUnset(err error) bool {
 	if xerr, ok := err.(*xattr.Error); ok {
 		if serr, ok2 := xerr.Err.(syscall.Errno); ok2 {
 			return serr == syscall.ENOATTR
diff --git a/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/node/permissions_unix.go b/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/node/permissions_unix.go
index d34c48b8e3..d10efca03a 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/node/permissions_unix.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/utils/decomposedfs/node/permissions_unix.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pkg/xattr"
 )
 
-func isNoData(err error) bool {
+func isAttrUnset(err error) bool {
 	if xerr, ok := err.(*xattr.Error); ok {
 		if serr, ok2 := xerr.Err.(syscall.Errno); ok2 {
 			return serr == syscall.ENODATA