  We present a distance to NGC 4527, the host galaxy of the type Ia SN 1991T,
measured by surface brightness fluctuations. This supernova has been labelled
``peculiar'' both on the grounds of its spectroscopic behaviour and its
apparent overluminosity with respect to other supernovae. The distance modulus
to NGC 4527 and thus to SN 1991T is 30.26+-0.09. This relatively short distance
largely removes the discrepancy with other Ia supernovae having similar
light-curve characteristics and also removes the motivation for interpreting SN
1991T as a super-Chandrasekhar explosion. However, the reddening uncertainty
results in significant uncertainty of the absolute magnitudes.
