diff --git a/packages/editor/src/components/post-preview-button/index.js b/packages/editor/src/components/post-preview-button/index.js
index 9a9aa92d210c3d..7f45e61ee62f21 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/components/post-preview-button/index.js
+++ b/packages/editor/src/components/post-preview-button/index.js
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ export default function PostPreviewButton( {
 	role,
 	onPreview,
 } ) {
-	const { postId, currentPostLink, previewLink, isSaveable, isViewable } =
-		useSelect( ( select ) => {
+	const { postId, currentPostLink, previewLink, isViewable } = useSelect(
+		( select ) => {
 			const editor = select( editorStore );
 			const core = select( coreStore );
 
@@ -119,10 +119,11 @@ export default function PostPreviewButton( {
 				postId: editor.getCurrentPostId(),
 				currentPostLink: editor.getCurrentPostAttribute( 'link' ),
 				previewLink: editor.getEditedPostPreviewLink(),
-				isSaveable: editor.isEditedPostSaveable(),
 				isViewable: postType?.viewable ?? false,
 			};
-		}, [] );
+		},
+		[]
+	);
 
 	const { __unstableSaveForPreview } = useDispatch( editorStore );
 
@@ -168,7 +169,6 @@ export default function PostPreviewButton( {
 			className={ className || 'editor-post-preview' }
 			href={ href }
 			target={ targetId }
-			disabled={ ! isSaveable }
 			onClick={ openPreviewWindow }
 			role={ role }
 		>
diff --git a/packages/editor/src/store/selectors.js b/packages/editor/src/store/selectors.js
index f7bf1f58bba395..18010511b53902 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/store/selectors.js
+++ b/packages/editor/src/store/selectors.js
@@ -495,6 +495,10 @@ export function isEditedPostSaveable( state ) {
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	if ( isPostLocked( state ) ) {
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	// TODO: Post should not be saveable if not dirty. Cannot be added here at
 	// this time since posts where meta boxes are present can be saved even if
 	// the post is not dirty. Currently this restriction is imposed at UI, but