diff --git a/lib/moodlelib.php b/lib/moodlelib.php
index 708c613c8b3..6978a424b7c 100644
--- a/lib/moodlelib.php
+++ b/lib/moodlelib.php
@@ -5860,9 +5860,10 @@ function get_user_max_upload_file_size($context, $sitebytes=0, $coursebytes=0, $
         $user = $USER;
     }
 
-    if (has_capability('moodle/course:ignorefilesizelimits', $context, $user)) {
-        return -1;
-    }
+    // Temp. commenting this until MDL-27156 fixes it!
+    // if (has_capability('moodle/course:ignorefilesizelimits', $context, $user)) {
+    //     return -1;
+    // }
 
     return get_max_upload_file_size($sitebytes, $coursebytes, $modulebytes);
 }