diff --git a/src/app/submission/form/collection/submission-form-collection.component.html b/src/app/submission/form/collection/submission-form-collection.component.html
index 98ec9e0576..d897cc31fd 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/form/collection/submission-form-collection.component.html
+++ b/src/app/submission/form/collection/submission-form-collection.component.html
@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
 <div>
-  <div ngbDropdown #collectionControls="ngbDropdown" class="btn-group input-group" (openChange)="toggled($event)">
+  <div
+    *ngIf="!(available$ | async)"
+    class="input-group mb-3">
+    <div class="input-group-prepend">
+      <span class="input-group-text">{{ 'submission.sections.general.collection' | translate }}</span>
+    </div>
+    <div class="input-group-append">
+      <span class="input-group-text">{{ selectedCollectionName$ | async }}</span>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+  <div
+    ngbDropdown
+    #collectionControls="ngbDropdown"
+    *ngIf="(available$ | async)"
+    class="btn-group input-group"
+    (openChange)="toggled($event)">
     <div class="input-group-prepend">
       <span id="collectionControlsMenuLabel" class="input-group-text">
         {{ 'submission.sections.general.collection' | translate }}
diff --git a/src/app/submission/form/collection/submission-form-collection.component.ts b/src/app/submission/form/collection/submission-form-collection.component.ts
index d2f45e002c..6517be7101 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/form/collection/submission-form-collection.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/form/collection/submission-form-collection.component.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import { SubmissionObject } from '../../../core/submission/models/submission-obj
 import { SubmissionJsonPatchOperationsService } from '../../../core/submission/submission-json-patch-operations.service';
 import { CollectionDataService } from '../../../core/data/collection-data.service';
 import { CollectionDropdownComponent } from 'src/app/shared/collection-dropdown/collection-dropdown.component';
+import { SectionsService } from '../../sections/sections.service';
 
 /**
  * This component allows to show the current collection the submission belonging to and to change it.
@@ -98,6 +99,12 @@ export class SubmissionFormCollectionComponent implements OnChanges, OnInit {
    */
   @ViewChild(CollectionDropdownComponent, {static: false}) collectionDropdown: CollectionDropdownComponent;
 
+  /**
+   * A boolean representing if the collection section is available
+   * @type {BehaviorSubject<boolean>}
+   */
+  available$: Observable<boolean>;
+
   /**
    * Initialize instance variables
    *
@@ -112,7 +119,8 @@ export class SubmissionFormCollectionComponent implements OnChanges, OnInit {
               private collectionDataService: CollectionDataService,
               private operationsBuilder: JsonPatchOperationsBuilder,
               private operationsService: SubmissionJsonPatchOperationsService,
-              private submissionService: SubmissionService) {
+              private submissionService: SubmissionService,
+              private sectionsService: SectionsService) {
   }
 
   /**
@@ -135,6 +143,7 @@ export class SubmissionFormCollectionComponent implements OnChanges, OnInit {
    */
   ngOnInit() {
     this.pathCombiner = new JsonPatchOperationPathCombiner('sections', 'collection');
+    this.available$ = this.sectionsService.isSectionAvailable(this.submissionId, 'collection');
   }
 
   /**