diff --git a/main/newscorm/lp_upload.php b/main/newscorm/lp_upload.php
index be8fb7eb58..0ac0efc998 100644
--- a/main/newscorm/lp_upload.php
+++ b/main/newscorm/lp_upload.php
@@ -27,7 +27,13 @@ $uncompress = 1;
  * size set in php.ini, all variables from POST are cleared !
  */
 
-if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST' && count($_FILES) > 0 && !empty($_FILES['user_file']['name'])) {
+$user_file = Request::is_post() ? Request::file('user_file') : array();
+$user_file = $user_file ? $user_file : array();
+$is_error = isset($user_file['error']) ? $user_file['error'] : false;
+if( Request::is_post() && $is_error){
+    return api_failure::set_failure('upload_file_too_big');
+    unset($_FILEs['user_file']);
+}else if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST' && count($_FILES) > 0 && !empty($_FILES['user_file']['name'])) {
 
     // A file upload has been detected, now deal with the file...
 
diff --git a/main/upload/upload.scorm.php b/main/upload/upload.scorm.php
index de347797bd..a5bc6ba2d5 100644
--- a/main/upload/upload.scorm.php
+++ b/main/upload/upload.scorm.php
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ chdir($cwdir);
 
 $error = api_failure::get_last_failure();
 
-if ($error=='not_a_learning_path') {
+if ($error  == 'upload_file_too_big'){
+    $msg = urlencode(get_lang('UplFileTooBig'));
+	$dialogtype = 'error';
+}else if ($error=='not_a_learning_path') {
         $msg = urlencode(get_lang('ScormUnknownPackageFormat'));
 	$dialogtype = 'error';
 } elseif ($error == 'not_enough_space') {