diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.js
index f2cfaba4e68..d75145a09ec 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.js
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ class ComposeForm extends ImmutablePureComponent {
           <div className='compose-form__buttons'>
             <UploadButtonContainer />
             <PollButtonContainer />
-            <PrivacyDropdownContainer />
+            <PrivacyDropdownContainer disabled={this.props.isEditing} />
             <SpoilerButtonContainer />
           </div>
           <div className='character-counter__wrapper'><CharacterCounter max={500} text={this.getFulltextForCharacterCounting()} /></div>
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/privacy_dropdown.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/privacy_dropdown.js
index df59f46b3c8..599467cdb13 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/privacy_dropdown.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/privacy_dropdown.js
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ class PrivacyDropdown extends React.PureComponent {
     onChange: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
     noDirect: PropTypes.bool,
     container: PropTypes.func,
+    disabled: PropTypes.bool,
     intl: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
   };
 
@@ -247,7 +248,7 @@ class PrivacyDropdown extends React.PureComponent {
   }
 
   render () {
-    const { value, container, intl } = this.props;
+    const { value, container, disabled, intl } = this.props;
     const { open, placement } = this.state;
 
     const valueOption = this.options.find(item => item.value === value);
@@ -267,6 +268,7 @@ class PrivacyDropdown extends React.PureComponent {
             onMouseDown={this.handleMouseDown}
             onKeyDown={this.handleButtonKeyDown}
             style={{ height: null, lineHeight: '27px' }}
+            disabled={disabled}
           />
         </div>
 
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/upload.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/upload.js
index b9f0fbe3abd..1289d6b943d 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/upload.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/upload.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export default class Upload extends ImmutablePureComponent {
     media: ImmutablePropTypes.map.isRequired,
     onUndo: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
     onOpenFocalPoint: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+    isEditingStatus: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
   };
 
   handleUndoClick = e => {
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ export default class Upload extends ImmutablePureComponent {
   }
 
   render () {
-    const { media } = this.props;
+    const { media, isEditingStatus } = this.props;
     const focusX = media.getIn(['meta', 'focus', 'x']);
     const focusY = media.getIn(['meta', 'focus', 'y']);
     const x = ((focusX /  2) + .5) * 100;
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ export default class Upload extends ImmutablePureComponent {
             <div className='compose-form__upload-thumbnail' style={{ transform: `scale(${scale})`, backgroundImage: `url(${media.get('preview_url')})`, backgroundPosition: `${x}% ${y}%` }}>
               <div className={classNames('compose-form__upload__actions', { active: true })}>
                 <button className='icon-button' onClick={this.handleUndoClick}><Icon id='times' /> <FormattedMessage id='upload_form.undo' defaultMessage='Delete' /></button>
-                <button className='icon-button' onClick={this.handleFocalPointClick}><Icon id='pencil' /> <FormattedMessage id='upload_form.edit' defaultMessage='Edit' /></button>
+                {!isEditingStatus && (<button className='icon-button' onClick={this.handleFocalPointClick}><Icon id='pencil' /> <FormattedMessage id='upload_form.edit' defaultMessage='Edit' /></button>)}
               </div>
             </div>
           )}
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/containers/upload_container.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/containers/upload_container.js
index 05cd2ecc1fe..1108aec305f 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/containers/upload_container.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/containers/upload_container.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { submitCompose } from '../../../actions/compose';
 
 const mapStateToProps = (state, { id }) => ({
   media: state.getIn(['compose', 'media_attachments']).find(item => item.get('id') === id),
+  isEditingStatus: state.getIn(['compose', 'id']) !== null,
 });
 
 const mapDispatchToProps = dispatch => ({