diff --git a/app/models/media_attachment.rb b/app/models/media_attachment.rb
index 2e0f98cc6ff..a57ba0b2ea0 100644
--- a/app/models/media_attachment.rb
+++ b/app/models/media_attachment.rb
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ class MediaAttachment < ApplicationRecord
                     convert_options: { all: '-quality 90 -strip' }
 
   validates_attachment_content_type :file, content_type: IMAGE_MIME_TYPES + VIDEO_MIME_TYPES
-  validates_attachment_size :file, less_than: IMAGE_LIMIT, unless: :video?
-  validates_attachment_size :file, less_than: VIDEO_LIMIT, if: :video?
+  validates_attachment_size :file, less_than: IMAGE_LIMIT, unless: :video_or_gifv?
+  validates_attachment_size :file, less_than: VIDEO_LIMIT, if: :video_or_gifv?
   remotable_attachment :file, VIDEO_LIMIT
 
   include Attachmentable
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@ class MediaAttachment < ApplicationRecord
     file.blank? && remote_url.present?
   end
 
+  def video_or_gifv?
+    video? || gifv?
+  end
+
   def to_param
     shortcode
   end