diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-actions/index.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-actions/index.js
index ffb14ffca8c5e..3e12269b074e3 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-actions/index.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-actions/index.js
@@ -11,48 +11,57 @@ import { withSelect, withDispatch } from '@wordpress/data';
 import { cloneBlock, hasBlockSupport, switchToBlockType } from '@wordpress/blocks';
 
 function BlockActions( {
+	canDuplicate,
+	canInsertDefaultBlock,
+	children,
+	isLocked,
 	onDuplicate,
-	onRemove,
-	onInsertBefore,
-	onInsertAfter,
 	onGroup,
+	onInsertAfter,
+	onInsertBefore,
+	onRemove,
 	onUngroup,
-	isLocked,
-	canDuplicate,
-	children,
 } ) {
 	return children( {
+		canDuplicate,
+		canInsertDefaultBlock,
+		isLocked,
 		onDuplicate,
-		onRemove,
+		onGroup,
 		onInsertAfter,
 		onInsertBefore,
-		onGroup,
+		onRemove,
 		onUngroup,
-		isLocked,
-		canDuplicate,
 	} );
 }
 
 export default compose( [
 	withSelect( ( select, props ) => {
 		const {
+			canInsertBlockType,
+			getBlockRootClientId,
 			getBlocksByClientId,
 			getTemplateLock,
-			getBlockRootClientId,
 		} = select( 'core/block-editor' );
+		const { getDefaultBlockName } = select( 'core/blocks' );
 
 		const blocks = getBlocksByClientId( props.clientIds );
 		const canDuplicate = every( blocks, ( block ) => {
 			return !! block && hasBlockSupport( block.name, 'multiple', true );
 		} );
 		const rootClientId = getBlockRootClientId( props.clientIds[ 0 ] );
+		const canInsertDefaultBlock = canInsertBlockType(
+			getDefaultBlockName(),
+			rootClientId
+		);
 
 		return {
-			isLocked: !! getTemplateLock( rootClientId ),
 			blocks,
 			canDuplicate,
-			rootClientId,
+			canInsertDefaultBlock,
 			extraProps: props,
+			isLocked: !! getTemplateLock( rootClientId ),
+			rootClientId,
 		};
 	} ),
 	withDispatch( ( dispatch, props, { select } ) => {
diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-settings-menu/index.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-settings-menu/index.js
index 005be38e380b4..527f84ab0ca98 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-settings-menu/index.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-settings-menu/index.js
@@ -32,7 +32,15 @@ export function BlockSettingsMenu( { clientIds } ) {
 
 	return (
 		<BlockActions clientIds={ clientIds }>
-			{ ( { onDuplicate, onRemove, onInsertAfter, onInsertBefore, canDuplicate, isLocked } ) => (
+			{ ( {
+				canDuplicate,
+				canInsertDefaultBlock,
+				isLocked,
+				onDuplicate,
+				onInsertAfter,
+				onInsertBefore,
+				onRemove,
+			} ) => (
 				<Toolbar>
 					<DropdownMenu
 						icon="ellipsis"
@@ -69,7 +77,7 @@ export function BlockSettingsMenu( { clientIds } ) {
 											{ __( 'Duplicate' ) }
 										</MenuItem>
 									) }
-									{ ! isLocked && (
+									{ canInsertDefaultBlock && (
 										<>
 											<MenuItem
 												className="editor-block-settings-menu__control block-editor-block-settings-menu__control"