diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/controllers/lexical-editor.js b/ghost/admin/app/controllers/lexical-editor.js
index bce22d4d1a..ef3a3ba019 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/controllers/lexical-editor.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/controllers/lexical-editor.js
@@ -1059,7 +1059,9 @@ export default class LexicalEditorController extends Controller {
 
         while (config.environment !== 'test' && true) {
             yield timeout(REVISIONSAVE_TIMEOUT);
-            this.autosaveTask.perform({saveRevision: true});
+            this.autosaveTask.perform({
+                saveRevision: this._canAutosave
+            });
         }
     }).drop())
         _revisionSaveTask;