diff --git a/packages/editor/src/components/post-preview-button/index.js b/packages/editor/src/components/post-preview-button/index.js
index b455eee290daf..2cdca7d98cfb2 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/components/post-preview-button/index.js
+++ b/packages/editor/src/components/post-preview-button/index.js
@@ -165,9 +165,13 @@ export class PostPreviewButton extends Component {
 		// https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/interaction.html#dom-window-focus
 		this.previewWindow.focus();
 
-		// If we don't need to autosave the post before previewing, then we simply
-		// load the Preview URL in the Preview tab.
-		if ( ! this.props.isAutosaveable ) {
+		if (
+			// If we don't need to autosave the post before previewing, then we simply
+			// load the Preview URL in the Preview tab.
+			! this.props.isAutosaveable ||
+			// Do not save or overwrite the post, if the post is already locked.
+			this.props.isPostLocked
+		) {
 			this.setPreviewWindowLink( event.target.href );
 			return;
 		}
@@ -238,6 +242,7 @@ export default compose( [
 			isEditedPostSaveable,
 			isEditedPostAutosaveable,
 			getEditedPostPreviewLink,
+			isPostLocked,
 		} = select( editorStore );
 		const { getPostType } = select( coreStore );
 
@@ -256,6 +261,7 @@ export default compose( [
 				[ 'draft', 'auto-draft' ].indexOf(
 					getEditedPostAttribute( 'status' )
 				) !== -1,
+			isPostLocked: isPostLocked(),
 		};
 	} ),
 	withDispatch( ( dispatch ) => ( {