diff --git a/cms/static/js/views/pages/container.js b/cms/static/js/views/pages/container.js
index 66e2b66830..286111e7f0 100644
--- a/cms/static/js/views/pages/container.js
+++ b/cms/static/js/views/pages/container.js
@@ -186,18 +186,19 @@ define(['jquery', 'underscore', 'backbone', 'gettext', 'js/views/pages/base_page
                     modal = new EditXBlockModal(options);
                 event.preventDefault();
 
-                  // check if we want to launch with the new editors (behind waffle flag)
-                var useNewTextEditor = this.$('.edit-button').attr("use-new-editor-text"),
-                    useNewVideoEditor = this.$('.edit-button').attr("use-new-editor-video"),
-                    useNewProblemEditor = this.$('.edit-button').attr("use-new-editor-problem"),
-                    blockType = xblockElement.find('.xblock').attr("data-block-type");
-                if( (useNewTextEditor === "True" && blockType === "html") ||
-                    (useNewVideoEditor === "True" && blockType === "video") ||
-                    (useNewProblemEditor === "True" && blockType === "problem")
-                ) {
-                    var destinationUrl = this.$('.edit-button').attr("authoring_MFE_base_url") + '/' + blockType + '/' + encodeURI(xblockElement.find('.xblock').attr("data-usage-id"));
-                    window.location.href = destinationUrl;
-                    return;
+                if(!options || options.view !== 'visibility_view' ){
+                    var useNewTextEditor = this.$('.edit-button').attr("use-new-editor-text"),
+                        useNewVideoEditor = this.$('.edit-button').attr("use-new-editor-video"),
+                        useNewProblemEditor = this.$('.edit-button').attr("use-new-editor-problem"),
+                        blockType = xblockElement.find('.xblock').attr("data-block-type");
+                    if( (useNewTextEditor === "True" && blockType === "html") ||
+                        (useNewVideoEditor === "True" && blockType === "video") ||
+                        (useNewProblemEditor === "True" && blockType === "problem")
+                    ) {
+                        var destinationUrl = this.$('.edit-button').attr("authoring_MFE_base_url") + '/' + blockType + '/' + encodeURI(xblockElement.find('.xblock').attr("data-usage-id"));
+                        window.location.href = destinationUrl;
+                        return;
+                    }
                 }
                 modal.edit(xblockElement, this.model, {
                     readOnlyView: !this.options.canEdit,