diff --git a/src/database/migrations/migration25-26.sql b/src/database/migrations/migration25-26.sql
index 9d03fa8c527ff3b86e1c39adfd184ecbc3a0e47d..d7a4c791b2fc727b744597fd5507a911eabbe32b 100644
--- a/src/database/migrations/migration25-26.sql
+++ b/src/database/migrations/migration25-26.sql
@@ -105,3 +105,9 @@ MediaGroup::index( MediaGroup::Indexes::LastModificationDate, 26 ),
     " AND file_type = " +
     std::to_string( static_cast<std::underlying_type_t<IFile::Type>>(
         IFile::Type::Unknown ) ),
+
+/*
+ * Fix external files is_network state
+ */
+"UPDATE " + File::Table::Name + " SET is_network = 1"
+    " WHERE is_external = 1 AND substr(mrl, 0, 7) != 'file://'",
diff --git a/test/unittest/MiscTests.cpp b/test/unittest/MiscTests.cpp
index 0b22b3c99c9b4765255cadc4e8da51c43e6d5a03..c4df2076243389a5bbd01c638fe8512bbcdc931a 100644
--- a/test/unittest/MiscTests.cpp
+++ b/test/unittest/MiscTests.cpp
@@ -687,4 +687,12 @@ TEST_F( DbModel, Upgrade25to26 )
     auto encodedFile = File::fetch( ml.get(), 6 );
     ASSERT_NE( nullptr, encodedFile );
     ASSERT_EQ( "udp://@224.10.50.36:5004", encodedFile->mrl() );
+    ASSERT_TRUE( encodedFile->isNetwork() );
+
+    const std::string req = "SELECT * FROM " + File::Table::Name +
+            " WHERE is_network = 1";
+    auto networkFiles = File::fetchAll<File>( ml.get(), req );
+    ASSERT_EQ( 1u, networkFiles.size() );
+    ASSERT_EQ( networkFiles[0]->id(), encodedFile->id() );
+
 }