diff --git a/radicale/storage/multifilesystem/__init__.py b/radicale/storage/multifilesystem/__init__.py
index 7deeaac7..65ea9b81 100644
--- a/radicale/storage/multifilesystem/__init__.py
+++ b/radicale/storage/multifilesystem/__init__.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class Storage(
         except Exception as e:
             logger.warning("Storage item mtime resolution test not possible, cannot set utime on file: %r (%s)", path, e)
             os.remove(path)
-            raise
+            raise ValueError  # do not raise a hard PermissionError
         logger.debug("Storage item mtime resoultion test set: %d ns" % MTIME_NS_TEST)
         mtime_ns = os.stat(path).st_mtime_ns - mtime_ns
         logger.debug("Storage item mtime resoultion test get: %d ns" % mtime_ns)