diff --git a/AUTHORS.rst b/AUTHORS.rst
index 5f776220..b1434d7d 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.rst
+++ b/AUTHORS.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Authors
 The list of contributors in alphabetical order:
 
 - `Adelina Lintuluoto <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0726-1452>`_
+- `Audrius Mecionis <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3759-1663>`_
 - `Anton Khodak <https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3263-4553>`_
 - `Diego Rodriguez <https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0649-2002>`_
 - `Dinos Kousidis <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4914-4289>`_
diff --git a/reana_workflow_controller/rest/workflows.py b/reana_workflow_controller/rest/workflows.py
index fa655d00..ea58d019 100644
--- a/reana_workflow_controller/rest/workflows.py
+++ b/reana_workflow_controller/rest/workflows.py
@@ -11,16 +11,13 @@
 import json
 from uuid import uuid4
 
-import fs
 from flask import Blueprint, jsonify, request
-from reana_commons.utils import get_workspace_disk_usage
 from reana_db.database import Session
 from reana_db.models import User, Workflow
 from reana_db.utils import _get_workflow_with_uuid_or_name
 
 from reana_workflow_controller.config import (
     DEFAULT_NAME_FOR_WORKFLOWS,
-    SHARED_VOLUME_PATH,
     WORKFLOW_TIME_FORMAT,
 )
 from reana_workflow_controller.errors import (
@@ -207,18 +204,13 @@ def get_workflows(paginate=None):  # noqa
                 workflow_response["session_type"] = workflow.interactive_session_type
                 workflow_response["session_uri"] = workflow.interactive_session
             if verbose:
-                reana_fs = fs.open_fs(SHARED_VOLUME_PATH)
-                if reana_fs.exists(workflow.workspace_path):
-                    absolute_workspace_path = reana_fs.getospath(
-                        workflow.workspace_path
-                    )
-                    disk_usage_info = get_workspace_disk_usage(
-                        absolute_workspace_path, block_size=block_size
-                    )
-                    if disk_usage_info:
-                        workflow_response["size"] = disk_usage_info[-1]["size"]
-                    else:
-                        workflow_response["size"] = "0K"
+                disk_usage_info = workflow.get_workspace_disk_usage(
+                    block_size=block_size
+                )
+                if disk_usage_info:
+                    workflow_response["size"] = disk_usage_info[-1]["size"]
+                else:
+                    workflow_response["size"] = "0K"
             workflows.append(workflow_response)
         pagination_dict["items"] = workflows
         return jsonify(pagination_dict), 200