diff --git a/backend/s3/s3.go b/backend/s3/s3.go
index 42526100e..8f690b38d 100644
--- a/backend/s3/s3.go
+++ b/backend/s3/s3.go
@@ -3004,7 +3004,9 @@ func checkUploadCutoff(cs fs.SizeSuffix) error {
 }
 
 func (f *Fs) setUploadCutoff(cs fs.SizeSuffix) (old fs.SizeSuffix, err error) {
-	err = checkUploadCutoff(cs)
+	if f.opt.Provider != "Rclone" {
+		err = checkUploadCutoff(cs)
+	}
 	if err == nil {
 		old, f.opt.UploadCutoff = f.opt.UploadCutoff, cs
 	}