diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/ui/fragment/uploadList/UploadListFragment.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/ui/fragment/uploadList/UploadListFragment.kt
index b94de86606ce..c1de65f815f9 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/ui/fragment/uploadList/UploadListFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/ui/fragment/uploadList/UploadListFragment.kt
@@ -253,7 +253,9 @@ class UploadListFragment :
             activity,
             preferences,
             userAccountManager,
-            uploadsStorageManager
+            uploadsStorageManager,
+            syncedFolderProvider,
+            backgroundJobManager
         ) { uploadListAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged() }
 
         activity.addMenuProvider(menuProvider, viewLifecycleOwner, Lifecycle.State.RESUMED)
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/ui/fragment/uploadList/UploadListMenuProvider.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/ui/fragment/uploadList/UploadListMenuProvider.kt
index da637f6bcf75..921d4efae1dc 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/ui/fragment/uploadList/UploadListMenuProvider.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/ui/fragment/uploadList/UploadListMenuProvider.kt
@@ -12,18 +12,24 @@ import android.view.MenuInflater
 import android.view.MenuItem
 import androidx.core.view.MenuProvider
 import com.nextcloud.client.account.UserAccountManager
+import com.nextcloud.client.jobs.BackgroundJobManager
 import com.nextcloud.client.jobs.upload.AlbumFileUploadWorker
 import com.nextcloud.client.jobs.upload.FileUploadHelper
 import com.nextcloud.client.jobs.upload.FileUploadWorker
 import com.nextcloud.client.preferences.AppPreferences
 import com.owncloud.android.R
+import com.owncloud.android.datamodel.SyncedFolderProvider
 import com.owncloud.android.datamodel.UploadsStorageManager
+import com.owncloud.android.utils.FilesSyncHelper
 
 class UploadListMenuProvider(
     private val context: Context,
     private val preferences: AppPreferences,
     private val userAccountManager: UserAccountManager,
     private val uploadsStorageManager: UploadsStorageManager,
+    private val syncedFolderProvider: SyncedFolderProvider,
+    private val backgroundJobManager: BackgroundJobManager,
+    private val uploadHelper: () -> FileUploadHelper = { FileUploadHelper.instance() },
     private val onGlobalPauseToggled: () -> Unit
 ) : MenuProvider {
 
@@ -61,12 +67,18 @@ class UploadListMenuProvider(
         if (paused) {
             FileUploadWorker.pauseActiveUploads()
             AlbumFileUploadWorker.pauseActiveUploads()
+        } else {
+            FilesSyncHelper.startAutoUploadForEnabledSyncedFolders(
+                syncedFolderProvider,
+                backgroundJobManager,
+                overridePowerSaving = false
+            )
         }
 
-        val uploadHelper = FileUploadHelper.instance()
+        val helper = uploadHelper()
         userAccountManager.allUsers.filterNotNull().forEach { user ->
             val ids = uploadsStorageManager.getCurrentUploadIds(user.accountName)
-            uploadHelper.cancelAndRestartUploadJob(user, ids)
+            helper.cancelAndRestartUploadJob(user, ids)
         }
         onGlobalPauseToggled()
     }
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/owncloud/android/ui/fragment/uploadList/UploadListMenuProviderTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/com/owncloud/android/ui/fragment/uploadList/UploadListMenuProviderTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ded4c451c65e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/owncloud/android/ui/fragment/uploadList/UploadListMenuProviderTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/*
+ * Nextcloud - Android Client
+ *
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+package com.owncloud.android.ui.fragment.uploadList
+
+import android.content.Context
+import android.view.MenuItem
+import com.nextcloud.client.account.UserAccountManager
+import com.nextcloud.client.jobs.BackgroundJobManager
+import com.nextcloud.client.jobs.upload.FileUploadHelper
+import com.nextcloud.client.preferences.AppPreferences
+import com.owncloud.android.R
+import com.owncloud.android.datamodel.SyncedFolder
+import com.owncloud.android.datamodel.SyncedFolderProvider
+import com.owncloud.android.datamodel.UploadsStorageManager
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.mockito.kotlin.doReturn
+import org.mockito.kotlin.mock
+import org.mockito.kotlin.verify
+
+class UploadListMenuProviderTest {
+
+    private val preferences: AppPreferences = mock {
+        on { isGlobalUploadPaused() } doReturn true
+    }
+    private val backgroundJobManager: BackgroundJobManager = mock()
+    private val uploadHelper: FileUploadHelper = mock()
+    private val enabledFolder: SyncedFolder = mock {
+        on { id } doReturn ENABLED_FOLDER_ID
+        on { isEnabled } doReturn true
+    }
+    private val syncedFolderProvider: SyncedFolderProvider = mock {
+        on { syncedFolders } doReturn mutableListOf(enabledFolder)
+    }
+    private val menuItem: MenuItem = mock {
+        on { itemId } doReturn R.id.action_toggle_global_pause
+    }
+
+    private val menuProvider = UploadListMenuProvider(
+        mock<Context>(),
+        preferences,
+        mock<UserAccountManager>(),
+        mock<UploadsStorageManager>(),
+        syncedFolderProvider,
+        backgroundJobManager,
+        { uploadHelper }
+    ) {}
+
+    @Test
+    fun `resuming global pause starts auto upload of enabled folders without waiting for the rescan`() {
+        menuProvider.onMenuItemSelected(menuItem)
+
+        verify(backgroundJobManager).startAutoUpload(enabledFolder, false)
+    }
+
+    private companion object {
+        const val ENABLED_FOLDER_ID = 1L
+    }
+}