diff --git a/lib/private/Snowflake/FileSequence.php b/lib/private/Snowflake/FileSequence.php
index 53a3bc240690d..0079aafbfb619 100644
--- a/lib/private/Snowflake/FileSequence.php
+++ b/lib/private/Snowflake/FileSequence.php
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ public function __construct(
 
 	private function ensureWorkdirExists(): void {
 		if (is_dir($this->workDir)) {
+			if (!is_writable($this->workDir)) {
+				throw new \Exception('File sequence directory exists but is not writable');
+			}
 			return;
 		}
 
@@ -104,6 +107,6 @@ public function nextId(int $serverId, int $seconds, int $milliseconds): int {
 	}
 
 	private function getFilePath(int $fileId): string {
-		return $this->workDir . sprintf(self::LOCK_FILE_FORMAT, $fileId);
+		return $this->workDir . '/' . sprintf(self::LOCK_FILE_FORMAT, $fileId);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/tests/lib/Snowflake/FileSequenceTest.php b/tests/lib/Snowflake/FileSequenceTest.php
index 70054fee14473..08e6357f363c1 100644
--- a/tests/lib/Snowflake/FileSequenceTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/Snowflake/FileSequenceTest.php
@@ -30,6 +30,5 @@ public function tearDown():void {
 		foreach (glob($lockDirectory . '/*') as $file) {
 			unlink($file);
 		}
-		rmdir($lockDirectory);
 	}
 }