diff --git a/lib/new_post_manager.rb b/lib/new_post_manager.rb
index f66421d6671..2054374af25 100644
--- a/lib/new_post_manager.rb
+++ b/lib/new_post_manager.rb
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class NewPostManager
 
     return false if user.staff? || user.staged
 
-    (user.post_count < SiteSetting.approve_post_count) ||
+    (user.trust_level == TrustLevel.levels[:newuser] && user.post_count < SiteSetting.approve_post_count) ||
     (user.trust_level < SiteSetting.approve_unless_trust_level.to_i) ||
     is_fast_typer?(manager) ||
     matches_auto_block_regex?(manager)
diff --git a/spec/components/new_post_manager_spec.rb b/spec/components/new_post_manager_spec.rb
index 57be6bfe3b4..689ad16054f 100644
--- a/spec/components/new_post_manager_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/new_post_manager_spec.rb
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ describe NewPostManager do
     context 'with a high approval post count' do
       before do
         SiteSetting.approve_post_count = 100
+        topic.user.trust_level = 0
       end
       it "will return an enqueue result" do
         result = NewPostManager.default_handler(manager)
@@ -80,6 +81,17 @@ describe NewPostManager do
       end
     end
 
+    context 'with a high approval post count, but TL1' do
+      before do
+        SiteSetting.approve_post_count = 100
+        topic.user.trust_level = 1
+      end
+      it "will return an enqueue result" do
+        result = NewPostManager.default_handler(manager)
+        expect(result).to be_nil
+      end
+    end
+
     context 'with a high trust level setting' do
       before do
         SiteSetting.approve_unless_trust_level = 4