Disabling & Re-enabling iCloud Photo Library

I had to disable iCloud Photo Library (as part of logging out of iCloud on my Mac) to troubleshoot an iCloud issue. When I logged back in to iCloud ad re-enabled iCloud Photo Library it says I don't have enough disk space to download the originals (300GB+). That's not true as all the originals already exist in the library. It was working find before I disabled iCloud Photo Library.
My only option is to option is to optimize storage but as a result that will remove all the originals from my Mac.
It seems Photos app doesn't check to see if the originals already exist before displaying this warning and therefore I can't proceed.
Anyone know of a fix?

For those also suffering with the same problem...
I spoke to Apple. The only way to get around this is to select 'Optimise Mac Storage' and upload everything again! The originals will stay on your device even with the setting enabled providing the library is complete.
Bottom line. If you sign out of iCloud or disable iCloud Photo Library on your Mac, you'll need to re-upload your photos.

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