diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
index 3461640c3..2007b91dc 100644
--- a/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ AllCops:
   Exclude:
     - "db/schema.rb"
     - "app/lib/ckeditor/backend/active_storage.rb"
+    - "config/initializers/disable_active_storage_pdf_auto_previews.rb"
     - "vendor/**/*"
   DisabledByDefault: true
 
diff --git a/config/initializers/disable_active_storage_pdf_auto_previews.rb b/config/initializers/disable_active_storage_pdf_auto_previews.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..019b9fba8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/disable_active_storage_pdf_auto_previews.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+ActiveSupport.on_load(:active_storage_attachment) do
+  # Code copied from Rails 7.2. TODO: remove after upgrading to Rails 7.2
+  # See: https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/51351/files
+  class ActiveStorage::Attachment
+    private
+      def transform_variants_later
+        preprocessed_variations = named_variants.filter_map { |_name, named_variant|
+          if named_variant.preprocessed?(record)
+            named_variant.transformations
+          end
+        }
+
+        if blob.preview_image_needed_before_processing_variants? && preprocessed_variations.any?
+          blob.create_preview_image_later(preprocessed_variations)
+        else
+          preprocessed_variations.each do |transformations|
+            blob.preprocessed(transformations)
+          end
+        end
+      end
+  end
+end