diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/36576 b/changelog/unreleased/36576
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9dbb4af2c959
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/36576
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Bugfix: Receive multiple users for user sync command
+
+Recieve multiple users for user sync command. Previously
+when multiple users were returned, an exception was thrown
+and the command was aborted. In this fix we allow multiple
+users to be returned, and we check for the uid provided by the
+admin matches with the returned users. And if we find matches
+of more than one users with same uid, then we throw the exception
+that was thrown previously. The messages are kept intact.
+
+https://github.com/owncloud/core/pull/36576
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/Command/User/SyncBackend.php b/core/Command/User/SyncBackend.php
index 0aa093edbaa4..119ce9f482e6 100644
--- a/core/Command/User/SyncBackend.php
+++ b/core/Command/User/SyncBackend.php
@@ -252,15 +252,23 @@ private function syncSingleUser(
 		$missingAccountsAction
 	) {
 		$output->writeln("Syncing $uid ...");
-		$users = $backend->getUsers($uid, 2);
-		if (\count($users) > 1) {
-			throw new \LengthException("Multiple users returned from backend for: $uid. Cancelling sync.");
+		$userUids = $backend->getUsers('', null);
+		$userToSync = null;
+		foreach ($userUids as $userUid) {
+			if ($userUid === $uid) {
+				if ($userToSync === null) {
+					$userToSync = $userUid;
+				} else {
+					throw new \LengthException("Multiple users returned from backend for: $uid. Cancelling sync.");
+				}
+			}
 		}
 
 		$dummy = new Account(); // to prevent null pointer when writing messages
-		if (\count($users) === 1) {
+
+		if ($userToSync !== null) {
 			// Run the sync using the internal username if mapped
-			$syncService->run($backend, new \ArrayIterator([$users[0]]), function () {
+			$syncService->run($backend, new \ArrayIterator([$userToSync]), function () {
 			});
 		} else {
 			// Not found
diff --git a/tests/lib/Command/User/SyncBackendTest.php b/tests/lib/Command/User/SyncBackendTest.php
index 0fa223a0a381..fbd121072e49 100644
--- a/tests/lib/Command/User/SyncBackendTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/Command/User/SyncBackendTest.php
@@ -276,7 +276,9 @@ public function testSingleUserSyncExistingUserException() {
 		$outputInterface = $this->createMock(OutputInterface::class);
 		$syncService = $this->createMock(SyncService::class);
 
-		$this->dummyBackend->method('getUsers')->willReturn(['existing-uid', 'should-explode']);
+		$this->dummyBackend->method('getUsers')->willReturn(['existing-uid', 'existing-uid']);
+		$this->dummyBackend->method('getDisplayName')
+			->willReturn('existing-uid');
 
 		$missingAccountsAction = 'disable';
 		$syncService->expects($this->never())->method('run');
@@ -297,6 +299,8 @@ public function testSingleUserSyncExistingUser() {
 		$syncService = $this->createMock(SyncService::class);
 
 		$this->dummyBackend->method('getUsers')->willReturn(['existing-uid']);
+		$this->dummyBackend->method('getDisplayName')
+			->willReturn('existing-uid');
 
 		$missingAccountsAction = 'disable';
 		$syncService->expects($this