diff --git a/inc/inc.ClassAccessOperation.php b/inc/inc.ClassAccessOperation.php
index 0cb5662ae..b17f8d6e4 100644
--- a/inc/inc.ClassAccessOperation.php
+++ b/inc/inc.ClassAccessOperation.php
@@ -411,6 +411,24 @@ class SeedDMS_AccessOperation {
 		return false;
 	} /* }}} */
 
+	/**
+	 * Check if document content may be checked in
+	 *
+	 *
+	 */
+	function mayCheckIn($document) { /* {{{ */
+		if($document->isType('document')) {
+			$checkoutinfo = $document->getCheckOutInfo();
+			if(!$checkoutinfo)
+				return false;
+			$info = $checkoutinfo[0];
+			if($this->user->getID() == $info['userID'] || $document->getAccessMode($this->user) == M_ALL) {
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+		return false;
+	} /* }}} */
+
 	protected function check_view_legacy_access($view, $get=array()) { /* {{{ */
 		if($this->user->isAdmin())
 			return true;