diff --git a/lib/form/filepicker.php b/lib/form/filepicker.php
index b7242489ae6..039ab7675e5 100644
--- a/lib/form/filepicker.php
+++ b/lib/form/filepicker.php
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ class MoodleQuickForm_filepicker extends HTML_QuickForm_input {
                 }
             }
         }
-        return $this->_prepareValue($draftitemid, $assoc);
+
+        return $this->_prepareValue($draftitemid, true);
     }
 }