diff --git a/mod/assign/locallib.php b/mod/assign/locallib.php
index c2ab71857f4..33e30bb54ae 100644
--- a/mod/assign/locallib.php
+++ b/mod/assign/locallib.php
@@ -4592,7 +4592,7 @@ class assign {
 
         if ($this->can_view_submission($user->id)) {
 
-            if (has_capability('mod/assign:submit', $this->get_context(), $user)) {
+            if (has_capability('mod/assign:submit', $this->get_context(), $user, false)) {
                 $submissionstatus = $this->get_assign_submission_status_renderable($user, $showlinks);
                 $o .= $this->get_renderer()->render($submissionstatus);
             }