diff --git a/wp-admin/page.php b/wp-admin/page.php
index 08e2a45a86..1b4dc28253 100644
--- a/wp-admin/page.php
+++ b/wp-admin/page.php
@@ -83,15 +83,18 @@ case 'edit':
 		wp_enqueue_script('editor');
 	wp_enqueue_script('thickbox');
 	wp_enqueue_script('media-upload');
-	if ( $last = wp_check_post_lock( $post->ID ) ) {
-		$last_user = get_userdata( $last );
-		$last_user_name = $last_user ? $last_user->display_name : __('Somebody');
-		$message = sprintf( __( 'Warning: %s is currently editing this page' ), wp_specialchars( $last_user_name ) );
-		$message = str_replace( "'", "\'", "<div class='error'><p>$message</p></div>" );
-		add_action('admin_notices', create_function( '', "echo '$message';" ) );
-	} else {
-		wp_set_post_lock( $post->ID );
-		wp_enqueue_script('autosave');
+
+	if ( current_user_can('edit_page', $page_ID) ) {
+		if ( $last = wp_check_post_lock( $post->ID ) ) {
+			$last_user = get_userdata( $last );
+			$last_user_name = $last_user ? $last_user->display_name : __('Somebody');
+			$message = sprintf( __( 'Warning: %s is currently editing this page' ), wp_specialchars( $last_user_name ) );
+			$message = str_replace( "'", "\'", "<div class='error'><p>$message</p></div>" );
+			add_action('admin_notices', create_function( '', "echo '$message';" ) );
+		} else {
+			wp_set_post_lock( $post->ID );
+			wp_enqueue_script('autosave');
+		}
 	}
 
 	require_once('admin-header.php');
diff --git a/wp-admin/post.php b/wp-admin/post.php
index 5ed51c86e2..bcbad62847 100644
--- a/wp-admin/post.php
+++ b/wp-admin/post.php
@@ -90,15 +90,18 @@ case 'edit':
 		wp_enqueue_script('editor');
 	wp_enqueue_script('thickbox');
 	wp_enqueue_script('media-upload');
-	if ( $last = wp_check_post_lock( $post->ID ) ) {
-		$last_user = get_userdata( $last );
-		$last_user_name = $last_user ? $last_user->display_name : __('Somebody');
-		$message = sprintf( __( 'Warning: %s is currently editing this post' ), wp_specialchars( $last_user_name ) );
-		$message = str_replace( "'", "\'", "<div class='error'><p>$message</p></div>" );
-		add_action('admin_notices', create_function( '', "echo '$message';" ) );
-	} else {
-		wp_set_post_lock( $post->ID );
-		wp_enqueue_script('autosave');
+
+	if ( current_user_can('edit_post', $post_ID) ) {
+		if ( $last = wp_check_post_lock( $post->ID ) ) {
+			$last_user = get_userdata( $last );
+			$last_user_name = $last_user ? $last_user->display_name : __('Somebody');
+			$message = sprintf( __( 'Warning: %s is currently editing this post' ), wp_specialchars( $last_user_name ) );
+			$message = str_replace( "'", "\'", "<div class='error'><p>$message</p></div>" );
+			add_action('admin_notices', create_function( '', "echo '$message';" ) );
+		} else {
+			wp_set_post_lock( $post->ID );
+			wp_enqueue_script('autosave');
+		}
 	}
 
 	require_once('admin-header.php');