diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index a36900cb7a..010f58a92f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Changelog
 
  * Optimize and consolidate redirects report view into the index view (Jake Howard, Dan Braghis)
  * Support a `HOSTNAMES` parameter on `WAGTAILFRONTENDCACHE` to define which hostnames a backend should respond to (Jake Howard, sponsored by Oxfam America)
+ * Fix: Make `WAGTAILIMAGES_CHOOSER_PAGE_SIZE` setting functional again (Rohit Sharma)
 
 
 6.1 (xx.xx.xxxx) - IN DEVELOPMENT
diff --git a/docs/releases/6.2.md b/docs/releases/6.2.md
index 98ce119529..bbeefa9f28 100644
--- a/docs/releases/6.2.md
+++ b/docs/releases/6.2.md
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ depth: 1
 
 ### Bug fixes
 
- * ...
+ * Make `WAGTAILIMAGES_CHOOSER_PAGE_SIZE` setting functional again (Rohit Sharma)
+
 
 ### Documentation
 
diff --git a/wagtail/images/views/chooser.py b/wagtail/images/views/chooser.py
index ce1792f440..bc4879be81 100644
--- a/wagtail/images/views/chooser.py
+++ b/wagtail/images/views/chooser.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class ImageCreationFormMixin(CreationFormMixin):
 class BaseImageChooseView(BaseChooseView):
     template_name = "wagtailimages/chooser/chooser.html"
     results_template_name = "wagtailimages/chooser/results.html"
-    per_page = getattr(settings, "WAGTAILIMAGES_CHOOSER_PAGE_SIZE", 12)
+    per_page = 12
     ordering = "-created_at"
     construct_queryset_hook_name = "construct_image_chooser_queryset"
 
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ class ImageChooserViewSet(ChooserViewSet):
     preserve_url_parameters = ChooserViewSet.preserve_url_parameters + ["select_format"]
 
     icon = "image"
+    per_page = getattr(settings, "WAGTAILIMAGES_CHOOSER_PAGE_SIZE", 10)
     choose_one_text = _("Choose an image")
     create_action_label = _("Upload")
     create_action_clicked_label = _("Uploading…")