diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/course/nodes/gta/ui/GTARevisionAndCorrectionEditController.java b/src/main/java/org/olat/course/nodes/gta/ui/GTARevisionAndCorrectionEditController.java
index e7cd0a39c40d483ca6cb7c891e77072fdf0e9d42..9fce7768bb925c7a2c6136b3859af44053c0359a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/course/nodes/gta/ui/GTARevisionAndCorrectionEditController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/course/nodes/gta/ui/GTARevisionAndCorrectionEditController.java
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ public class GTARevisionAndCorrectionEditController extends FormBasicController
 
 		int maxDocs = config.getIntegerSafe(GTACourseNode.GTASK_MAX_REVISED_DOCS, -1);
 		String maxVal = "";
+		if(maxDocs == -1) {
+			// !this only works because there is not another configuration in the controller
+			maxDocs = config.getIntegerSafe(GTACourseNode.GTASK_MAX_SUBMITTED_DOCS, -1);
+		}
 		if(maxDocs > 0) {
 			maxVal = Integer.toString(maxDocs);
 		}