diff --git a/Gems/Atom/Asset/Shader/Code/Source/Editor/ShaderVariantAssetBuilder.cpp b/Gems/Atom/Asset/Shader/Code/Source/Editor/ShaderVariantAssetBuilder.cpp
index 5eaa0d9ddb..8dc67bb3d1 100644
--- a/Gems/Atom/Asset/Shader/Code/Source/Editor/ShaderVariantAssetBuilder.cpp
+++ b/Gems/Atom/Asset/Shader/Code/Source/Editor/ShaderVariantAssetBuilder.cpp
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ namespace AZ
         {
             // Need to get the name of the shader file from the template so that we can preprocess the shader data and setup
             // source file dependencies.
-            if (!RPI::JsonUtils::LoadObjectFromFile(variantListFullPath, shaderVariantList))
+            if (!RPI::JsonUtils::LoadObjectFromFile(variantListFullPath, shaderVariantList, AZStd::numeric_limits<size_t>::max()))
             {
                 AZ_Error(ShaderVariantAssetBuilderName, false, "Failed to parse Shader Variant List Descriptor JSON from [%s]", variantListFullPath.c_str());
                 return LoadResult{LoadResult::Code::Error};
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ namespace AZ
             AzFramework::StringFunc::Path::ConstructFull(request.m_watchFolder.data(), request.m_sourceFile.data(), variantListFullPath, true);
 
             RPI::ShaderVariantListSourceData shaderVariantListDescriptor;
-            if (!RPI::JsonUtils::LoadObjectFromFile(variantListFullPath, shaderVariantListDescriptor))
+            if (!RPI::JsonUtils::LoadObjectFromFile(variantListFullPath, shaderVariantListDescriptor, AZStd::numeric_limits<size_t>::max()))
             {
                 AZ_Assert(false, "Failed to parse Shader Variant List Descriptor JSON [%s]", variantListFullPath.c_str());
                 response.m_resultCode = AssetBuilderSDK::ProcessJobResult_Failed;
diff --git a/Gems/Atom/RPI/Code/Include/Atom/RPI.Edit/Common/JsonUtils.h b/Gems/Atom/RPI/Code/Include/Atom/RPI.Edit/Common/JsonUtils.h
index 4715acd64c..9f4cdcf31b 100644
--- a/Gems/Atom/RPI/Code/Include/Atom/RPI.Edit/Common/JsonUtils.h
+++ b/Gems/Atom/RPI/Code/Include/Atom/RPI.Edit/Common/JsonUtils.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ namespace AZ
             //! Loads serialized object data from a json file at the specified path
             //! Errors will be reported using AZ trace
             template<typename ObjectType>
-            bool LoadObjectFromFile(const AZStd::string& path, ObjectType& objectData);
+            bool LoadObjectFromFile(const AZStd::string& path, ObjectType& objectData, size_t maxFileSize = DefaultMaxFileSize);
 
             //! Saves serialized object data to a json file at the specified path
             //! Errors will be reported using AZ trace
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ namespace AZ
             // Definitions...
 
             template<typename ObjectType>
-            bool LoadObjectFromFile(const AZStd::string& path, ObjectType& objectData)
+            bool LoadObjectFromFile(const AZStd::string& path, ObjectType& objectData, size_t maxFileSize)
             {
                 objectData = ObjectType();
 
-                auto loadOutcome = AZ::JsonSerializationUtils::ReadJsonFile(path, DefaultMaxFileSize);
+                auto loadOutcome = AZ::JsonSerializationUtils::ReadJsonFile(path, maxFileSize);
                 if (!loadOutcome.IsSuccess())
                 {
                     AZ_Error("AZ::RPI::JsonUtils", false, "%s", loadOutcome.GetError().c_str());