diff --git a/pywikibot/site/_upload.py b/pywikibot/site/_upload.py
index 0a0d0b6fb2..7cef645aed 100644
--- a/pywikibot/site/_upload.py
+++ b/pywikibot/site/_upload.py
@@ -173,7 +173,10 @@ def ignore_warnings(warnings):
 
         token = self.site.tokens['csrf']
         result = None
-        file_page_title = self.filepage.title(with_ns=False)
+        file_page_title = self.filepage.title(
+            with_ns=False,
+            with_section=False,
+        )
         file_size = None
 
         # make sure file actually exists