diff --git a/src/apps/competitions/models.py b/src/apps/competitions/models.py
index 67c72b0ce..897f4fb7d 100644
--- a/src/apps/competitions/models.py
+++ b/src/apps/competitions/models.py
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ def can_user_make_submissions(self, user):
 
         qs = self.submissions.filter(owner=user, parent__isnull=True).exclude(status='Failed')
         total_submission_count = qs.count()
-        daily_submission_count = qs.filter(created_when__day=now().day).count()
+        daily_submission_count = qs.filter(created_when__date=now().date()).count()
 
         if self.max_submissions_per_day:
             if daily_submission_count >= self.max_submissions_per_day: