diff --git a/views/bootstrap/class.ViewDocument.php b/views/bootstrap/class.ViewDocument.php
index 97221be2d..3a6ea1091 100644
--- a/views/bootstrap/class.ViewDocument.php
+++ b/views/bootstrap/class.ViewDocument.php
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ class SeedDMS_View_ViewDocument extends SeedDMS_Bootstrap_Style {
 				print "<td><ul class=\"unstyled\">";
 
 				if($accessop->mayApprove()) {
-					if ($is_approver && $status["status"]==S_DRAFT_APP) {
+					if ($is_approver && $a['status'] == 0 /* $status["status"]==S_DRAFT_APP */) {
 						print "<li><a class=\"btn btn-mini\" href=\"../out/out.ApproveDocument.php?documentid=".$documentid."&version=".$latestContent->getVersion()."&approveid=".$a['approveID']."\">".getMLText("add_approval")."</a></li>";
 					}else if (($updateUser==$user)&&(($a["status"]==1)||($a["status"]==-1))&&(!$document->hasExpired())){
 						print "<li><a class=\"btn btn-mini\" href=\"../out/out.ApproveDocument.php?documentid=".$documentid."&version=".$latestContent->getVersion()."&approveid=".$a['approveID']."\">".getMLText("edit")."</a></li>";