diff --git a/src/redux/studio-permissions.js b/src/redux/studio-permissions.js
index 13c4d7130..6a00ffa08 100644
--- a/src/redux/studio-permissions.js
+++ b/src/redux/studio-permissions.js
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ const selectCanRemoveProject = (state, creatorUsername, actorId) => {
 };
 
 // We should only show the mute errors to muted users who have any permissions related to the content
-const selectShowEditMuteError = state => selectIsMuted(state) && (isManager(state) || selectIsAdmin(state));
+// TODO these duplicate the behavior embedded in the non-muted parts of the selectors above, it would be good
+// to extract this.
+const selectShowEditMuteError = state => selectIsMuted(state) && (isCreator(state) || selectIsAdmin(state));
 const selectShowProjectMuteError = state => selectIsMuted(state) &&
     (selectIsAdmin(state) ||
     isManager(state) ||
diff --git a/test/unit/redux/studio-permissions.test.js b/test/unit/redux/studio-permissions.test.js
index f1b138a34..5e68693ee 100644
--- a/test/unit/redux/studio-permissions.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/redux/studio-permissions.test.js
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ describe('studio mute errors', () => {
             ['unconfirmed', false],
             ['logged out', false],
             // ['muted creator', true], // This one fails; not sure why
-            ['muted manager', true],
+            ['muted manager', false],
             ['muted curator', false],
             ['muted logged in', false]
         ])('%s: %s', (role, expected) => {