diff --git a/packages/@uppy/core/src/Uppy.ts b/packages/@uppy/core/src/Uppy.ts
index c9b6c8d7ba..654a7ee6ab 100644
--- a/packages/@uppy/core/src/Uppy.ts
+++ b/packages/@uppy/core/src/Uppy.ts
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ export class Uppy<M extends Meta, B extends Body> {
     const fileType = getFileType(file)
     const fileName = getFileName(fileType, file)
     const fileExtension = getFileNameAndExtension(fileName).extension
-    const id = getSafeFileId(file)
+    const id = getSafeFileId(file, this.getID())
 
     const meta = file.meta || {}
     meta.name = fileName
diff --git a/packages/@uppy/provider-views/src/ProviderView/ProviderView.tsx b/packages/@uppy/provider-views/src/ProviderView/ProviderView.tsx
index efb2a931d4..f89ac115b1 100644
--- a/packages/@uppy/provider-views/src/ProviderView/ProviderView.tsx
+++ b/packages/@uppy/provider-views/src/ProviderView/ProviderView.tsx
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ export default class ProviderView<M extends Meta, B extends Body> extends View<
               for (const newFile of files) {
                 const tagFile = this.getTagFile(newFile)
 
-                const id = getSafeFileId(tagFile)
+                const id = getSafeFileId(tagFile, this.plugin.uppy.getID())
                 // If the same folder is added again, we don't want to send
                 // X amount of duplicate file notifications, we want to say
                 // the folder was already added. This checks if all files are duplicate,
diff --git a/packages/@uppy/utils/src/generateFileID.ts b/packages/@uppy/utils/src/generateFileID.ts
index 1694e43cc0..41107c3777 100644
--- a/packages/@uppy/utils/src/generateFileID.ts
+++ b/packages/@uppy/utils/src/generateFileID.ts
@@ -21,11 +21,12 @@ function encodeFilename(name: string): string {
  */
 export default function generateFileID(
   file: MinimalRequiredUppyFile<any, any>,
+  instanceId: string,
 ): string {
   // It's tempting to do `[items].filter(Boolean).join('-')` here, but that
   // is slower! simple string concatenation is fast
 
-  let id = 'uppy'
+  let id = instanceId || 'uppy'
   if (typeof file.name === 'string') {
     id += `-${encodeFilename(file.name.toLowerCase())}`
   }
@@ -63,13 +64,19 @@ function hasFileStableId(file: MinimalRequiredUppyFile<any, any>): boolean {
   return stableIdProviders.has(file.remote.provider as any)
 }
 
-export function getSafeFileId(file: MinimalRequiredUppyFile<any, any>): string {
+export function getSafeFileId(
+  file: MinimalRequiredUppyFile<any, any>,
+  instanceId: string,
+): string {
   if (hasFileStableId(file)) return file.id!
 
   const fileType = getFileType(file)
 
-  return generateFileID({
-    ...file,
-    type: fileType,
-  })
+  return generateFileID(
+    {
+      ...file,
+      type: fileType,
+    },
+    instanceId,
+  )
 }