diff --git a/packages/component-faraday-selectors/src/index.js b/packages/component-faraday-selectors/src/index.js
index 0ab630ff6cb341f42ab8850b631ba4d270f26f10..97e85dbf4cffbe3e030454c7744a377f79c69357 100644
--- a/packages/component-faraday-selectors/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/component-faraday-selectors/src/index.js
@@ -361,13 +361,32 @@ export const getInvitationsWithReviewersForFragment = (state, fragmentId) =>
 
 export const canMakeHERecommendation = (state, { collection, statuses }) => {
   const validHE = isHEToManuscript(state, get(collection, 'id', ''))
+  if (!validHE) return false
+
   const statusImportance = get(
     statuses,
     `${get(collection, 'status', 'draft')}.importance`,
     1,
   )
 
-  return statusImportance > 1 && statusImportance < 9 && validHE
+  if (!(statusImportance > 1 && statusImportance < 9)) return false
+
+  if (collection.fragments.length !== 1) {
+    const previousFragmentId =
+      collection.fragments[collection.fragments.length - 2]
+
+    const previousRecommendationType = chain(state)
+      .get(`fragments.${previousFragmentId}.recommendations`, [])
+      .find(
+        recommendation =>
+          recommendation.recommendationType === 'editorRecommendation',
+      )
+      .get('recommendation', '')
+      .value()
+    if (previousRecommendationType === 'minor') {
+      return true
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 export const getFragmentAuthorResponse = (state, fragmentId) =>
diff --git a/packages/component-manuscript/src/components/ManuscriptLayout.js b/packages/component-manuscript/src/components/ManuscriptLayout.js
index 12bb8a9fb7bbf0732abd72597c7e36e4497097bb..161ca3fb1f0049712b15026a6c3bd34e67c7451f 100644
--- a/packages/component-manuscript/src/components/ManuscriptLayout.js
+++ b/packages/component-manuscript/src/components/ManuscriptLayout.js
@@ -220,8 +220,7 @@ const ManuscriptLayout = ({
           )}
 
         {isLatestVersion &&
-          get(currentUser, 'permissions.canMakeHERecommendation', false) &&
-          reviewerRecommendations.length > 0 && (
+          get(currentUser, 'permissions.canMakeHERecommendation', false) && (
             <HERecommendation
               formValues={get(formValues, 'editorialRecommendation', {})}
               hasReviewerReports={reviewerRecommendations.length > 0}