A mounting element for holding a self-adhesive and/or flexible abrasive includes a supporting plate, and a distributing body. The supporting plate includes a plurality of suction openings which penetrate the supporting plate from a first side to a second side opposite the first side. A first side of the distributing body is in contact with the second side of the supporting plate, and a second side of the distributing body is configured to hold an abrasive. The distributing body includes a plurality of cavities which penetrate the distributing body from the first side of the distributing body to the second side of the distributing body, and which are mutually separated by a plurality of walls. At least one of the walls has at least one aperture which connects at least two adjacent cavities to each other.