diff --git a/src/app/submission/form/footer/submission-form-footer.component.html b/src/app/submission/form/footer/submission-form-footer.component.html
index 4964eb56a2..e954fab34c 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/form/footer/submission-form-footer.component.html
+++ b/src/app/submission/form/footer/submission-form-footer.component.html
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
       <button *ngIf="(showDepositAndDiscard | async)"
               type="button"
               class="btn btn-success"
-              [disabled]="(submissionIsInvalid | async) || (processingSaveStatus | async) || (processingDepositStatus | async)"
+              [disabled]="(processingSaveStatus | async) || (processingDepositStatus | async)"
               (click)="deposit($event)">
         <span><i class="fas fa-plus"></i> {{'submission.general.deposit' | translate}}</span>
       </button>
diff --git a/src/app/submission/form/footer/submission-form-footer.component.spec.ts b/src/app/submission/form/footer/submission-form-footer.component.spec.ts
index dd47dad444..072f826deb 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/form/footer/submission-form-footer.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/form/footer/submission-form-footer.component.spec.ts
@@ -201,13 +201,13 @@ describe('SubmissionFormFooterComponent Component', () => {
       });
     });
 
-    it('should have deposit button disabled when submission is not valid', () => {
+    it('should not have deposit button disabled when submission is not valid', () => {
       comp.showDepositAndDiscard = observableOf(true);
       compAsAny.submissionIsInvalid = observableOf(true);
       fixture.detectChanges();
       const depositBtn: any = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('.btn-success'));
 
-      expect(depositBtn.nativeElement.disabled).toBeTruthy();
+      expect(depositBtn.nativeElement.disabled).toBeFalsy();
     });
 
     it('should not have deposit button disabled when submission is valid', () => {
diff --git a/src/app/submission/objects/submission-objects.effects.spec.ts b/src/app/submission/objects/submission-objects.effects.spec.ts
index 122ebd90ac..b2bc054287 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/objects/submission-objects.effects.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/objects/submission-objects.effects.spec.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ import { Item } from '../../core/shared/item.model';
 import { WorkspaceitemDataService } from '../../core/submission/workspaceitem-data.service';
 import { WorkflowItemDataService } from '../../core/submission/workflowitem-data.service';
 import { HALEndpointService } from '../../core/shared/hal-endpoint.service';
+import { SubmissionObjectDataService } from '../../core/submission/submission-object-data.service';
+import { mockSubmissionObjectDataService } from '../../shared/testing/submission-oject-data-service.mock';
 
 describe('SubmissionObjectEffects test suite', () => {
   let submissionObjectEffects: SubmissionObjectEffects;
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@ describe('SubmissionObjectEffects test suite', () => {
   let notificationsServiceStub;
   let submissionServiceStub;
   let submissionJsonPatchOperationsServiceStub;
+  let submissionObjectDataServiceStub;
   const collectionId: string = mockSubmissionCollectionId;
   const submissionId: string = mockSubmissionId;
   const submissionDefinitionResponse: any = mockSubmissionDefinitionResponse;
@@ -75,6 +78,9 @@ describe('SubmissionObjectEffects test suite', () => {
     notificationsServiceStub = new NotificationsServiceStub();
     submissionServiceStub =  new SubmissionServiceStub();
     submissionJsonPatchOperationsServiceStub = new SubmissionJsonPatchOperationsServiceStub();
+    submissionObjectDataServiceStub = mockSubmissionObjectDataService;
+
+    submissionServiceStub.hasUnsavedModification.and.returnValue(observableOf(true));
 
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({
       imports: [
@@ -99,6 +105,7 @@ describe('SubmissionObjectEffects test suite', () => {
         { provide: WorkflowItemDataService, useValue: {} },
         { provide: WorkflowItemDataService, useValue: {} },
         { provide: HALEndpointService, useValue: {} },
+        { provide: SubmissionObjectDataService, useValue: submissionObjectDataServiceStub },
       ],
     });
 
@@ -879,7 +886,7 @@ describe('SubmissionObjectEffects test suite', () => {
       expect(submissionObjectEffects.saveAndDeposit$).toBeObservable(expected);
     });
 
-    it('should not allow to deposit when there are errors', () => {
+    it('should return a SAVE_SUBMISSION_FORM_SUCCESS action when there are errors', () => {
       store.nextState({
         submission: {
           objects: submissionState
@@ -902,31 +909,8 @@ describe('SubmissionObjectEffects test suite', () => {
 
       submissionJsonPatchOperationsServiceStub.jsonPatchByResourceType.and.returnValue(observableOf(response));
 
-      const errorsList = parseSectionErrors(mockSectionsErrors);
       const expected = cold('--b-', {
-        b: [
-          new UpdateSectionDataAction(
-            submissionId,
-            'traditionalpageone',
-            mockSectionsData.traditionalpageone as any,
-            errorsList.traditionalpageone || [],
-            errorsList.traditionalpageone || []
-          ),
-          new UpdateSectionDataAction(
-            submissionId,
-            'license',
-            mockSectionsData.license as any,
-            errorsList.license || [],
-            errorsList.license || []
-          ),
-          new UpdateSectionDataAction(
-            submissionId,
-            'upload',
-            mockSectionsData.upload as any,
-            errorsList.upload || [],
-            errorsList.upload || []
-          )
-        ]
+        b: new SaveSubmissionFormSuccessAction(submissionId, response as any[])
       });
 
       expect(submissionObjectEffects.saveAndDeposit$).toBeObservable(expected);
diff --git a/src/app/submission/objects/submission-objects.effects.ts b/src/app/submission/objects/submission-objects.effects.ts
index b4ba1c2480..257854f027 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/objects/submission-objects.effects.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/objects/submission-objects.effects.ts
@@ -196,19 +196,26 @@ export class SubmissionObjectEffects {
    */
   @Effect() saveAndDeposit$ = this.actions$.pipe(
     ofType(SubmissionObjectActionTypes.SAVE_AND_DEPOSIT_SUBMISSION),
-    withLatestFrom(this.store$),
-    switchMap(([action, currentState]: [SaveAndDepositSubmissionAction, any]) => {
-      return this.operationsService.jsonPatchByResourceType(
-        this.submissionService.getSubmissionObjectLinkName(),
-        action.payload.submissionId,
-        'sections').pipe(
+    withLatestFrom(this.submissionService.hasUnsavedModification()),
+    switchMap(([action, hasUnsavedModification]: [SaveAndDepositSubmissionAction, boolean]) => {
+      let response$: Observable<SubmissionObject[]>;
+      if (hasUnsavedModification) {
+        response$ = this.operationsService.jsonPatchByResourceType(
+          this.submissionService.getSubmissionObjectLinkName(),
+          action.payload.submissionId,
+          'sections') as Observable<SubmissionObject[]>;
+      } else {
+        response$ = this.submissionObjectService.findById(action.payload.submissionId).pipe(
+          getFirstSucceededRemoteDataPayload(),
+          map((submissionObject: SubmissionObject) => [submissionObject])
+        );
+      }
+      return response$.pipe(
         map((response: SubmissionObject[]) => {
           if (this.canDeposit(response)) {
             return new DepositSubmissionAction(action.payload.submissionId);
           } else {
-            this.notificationsService.warning(null, this.translate.get('submission.sections.general.sections_not_valid'));
-            return this.parseSaveResponse((currentState.submission as SubmissionState).objects[action.payload.submissionId],
-              response, action.payload.submissionId, currentState.forms);
+            return new SaveSubmissionFormSuccessAction(action.payload.submissionId, response);
           }
         }),
         catchError(() => observableOf(new SaveSubmissionFormErrorAction(action.payload.submissionId))));