diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/ItemServiceImpl.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/ItemServiceImpl.java
index 15f9691ae7..152926249b 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/ItemServiceImpl.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/ItemServiceImpl.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import org.dspace.harvest.service.HarvestedItemService;
 import org.dspace.identifier.IdentifierException;
 import org.dspace.identifier.service.IdentifierService;
 import org.dspace.versioning.service.VersioningService;
+import org.dspace.workflow.WorkflowItemService;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -78,6 +79,11 @@ public class ItemServiceImpl extends DSpaceObjectServiceImpl<Item> implements It
     protected VersioningService versioningService;
     @Autowired(required=true)
     protected HarvestedItemService harvestedItemService;
+    @Autowired(required=true)
+    protected WorkspaceItemService workspaceItemService;
+    @Autowired(required=true)
+    protected WorkflowItemService workflowItemService;
+    
 
     protected ItemServiceImpl()
     {
@@ -881,12 +887,28 @@ public class ItemServiceImpl extends DSpaceObjectServiceImpl<Item> implements It
         // is this collection not yet created, and an item template is created
         if (item.getOwningCollection() == null)
         {
-            return true;
+        	if (!isAnInprogressSubmission(context, item)) {
+        		return true;
+        	}
+        	else {
+        		return false;
+        	}
         }
 
         return collectionService.canEditBoolean(context, item.getOwningCollection(), false);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Check if the item is an inprogress submission
+     * @param context
+     * @param item
+     * @return <code>true</code> if the item is an inprogress submission, i.e. a WorkspaceItem or WorkflowItem
+     * @throws SQLException
+     */
+    public boolean isAnInprogressSubmission(Context context, Item item) throws SQLException {
+		return workspaceItemService.findByItem(context, item) != null
+				|| workflowItemService.findByItem(context, item) != null;
+    }
     
     /*
     With every finished submission a bunch of resource policy entries with have null value for the dspace_object column are generated in the database.