diff --git a/apps/files_external/lib/google.php b/apps/files_external/lib/google.php
index ee7a73836157..3e8b60d33df7 100644
--- a/apps/files_external/lib/google.php
+++ b/apps/files_external/lib/google.php
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 
 namespace OC\Files\Storage;
 
+use GuzzleHttp\Exception\RequestException;
 use Icewind\Streams\IteratorDirectory;
 
 set_include_path(get_include_path().PATH_SEPARATOR.
@@ -439,19 +440,24 @@ public function fopen($path, $mode) {
 						// the library's service doesn't support streaming, so we use Guzzle instead
 						$client = \OC::$server->getHTTPClientService()->newClient();
 						try {
-							$response = $client->get($downloadUrl, [
+							$tmpFile = \OC::$server->getTempManager()->getTemporaryFile($ext);
+							$client->get($downloadUrl, [
 								'headers' => $httpRequest->getRequestHeaders(),
-								'stream' => true
+								'save_to' => $tmpFile,
 							]);
 						} catch (RequestException $e) {
-							if ($e->getResponse()->getStatusCode() === 404) {
-								return false;
+							if(!is_null($e->getResponse())) {
+								if ($e->getResponse()->getStatusCode() === 404) {
+									return false;
+								} else {
+									throw $e;
+								}
 							} else {
 								throw $e;
 							}
 						}
 
-						return $response->getBody();
+						return fopen($tmpFile, 'r');
 					}
 				}
 				return false;