diff --git a/sites/all/modules/contrib/course b/sites/all/modules/contrib/course
--- a/sites/all/modules/contrib/course
+++ b/sites/all/modules/contrib/course
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 74c968f804ef8db3cc65046b5d856e7e08e7f9dd
+Subproject commit 74c968f804ef8db3cc65046b5d856e7e08e7f9dd-dirty
diff --git a/sites/all/modules/contrib/og/og.module b/sites/all/modules/contrib/og/og.module
index dac0ab7..fc174c7 100755
--- a/sites/all/modules/contrib/og/og.module
+++ b/sites/all/modules/contrib/og/og.module
@@ -745,10 +745,9 @@ function og_form_group_reference_validate($form, &$form_state) {
 
   if ($entity_type == 'node') {
     $node = empty($id) ? $bundle : $entity;
-    // We call node_node_access() directly as we just want to check the
-    // permissions using user_acces().
-    if (node_node_access($node, $op, $account)) {
-      // User has site-wide permissions to create or edit the node.
+    // If user does not have bypass node access permission we call node_node_access() directly
+    // to check if the user has site-wide permissions to create or edit the node.
+    if (user_access('bypass node access', $account) || node_node_access($node, $op, $account)) {
       return;
     }
   }