diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/schema.php b/wp-admin/includes/schema.php
index 0b9e6a4dcf..676fd1951d 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/schema.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/schema.php
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ We hope you enjoy your new site. Thanks!
 		// @todo - network admins should have a method of editing the network siteurl (used for cookie hash)
 		'siteurl' => get_option( 'siteurl' ) . '/',
 		'add_new_users' => '0',
-		'upload_space_check_disabled' => '0',
+		'upload_space_check_disabled' => is_multisite() ? get_site_option( 'upload_space_check_disabled' ) : '1',
 		'subdomain_install' => intval( $subdomain_install ),
 		'global_terms_enabled' => global_terms_enabled() ? '1' : '0',
 		'ms_files_rewriting' => is_multisite() ? get_site_option( 'ms_files_rewriting' ) : '0',