diff --git a/pages/workflow/PKPWorkflowHandler.php b/pages/workflow/PKPWorkflowHandler.php
index 6cbf4696986..7f1350500bc 100644
--- a/pages/workflow/PKPWorkflowHandler.php
+++ b/pages/workflow/PKPWorkflowHandler.php
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 use PKP\core\PKPRequest;
 use PKP\db\DAORegistry;
 use PKP\decision\Decision;
+use PKP\decision\types\NewExternalReviewRound;
 use PKP\notification\Notification;
 use PKP\plugins\PluginRegistry;
 use PKP\security\authorization\internal\SubmissionCompletePolicy;
@@ -707,7 +708,12 @@ public function editorDecisionActions($args, $request)
         $decisions = $this->getStageDecisionTypes($stageId);
         if ($isOnlyRecommending) {
             $decisions = Repo::decision()
-                ->getDecisionTypesMadeByRecommendingUsers($stageId);
+		    ->getDecisionTypesMadeByRecommendingUsers($stageId);
+            // remove NewReviewRound from available actions
+            $class = new NewExternalReviewRound();
+            $decisions = array_filter($decisions, function ($obj) use ($class) {
+                            return $obj != $class;
+                      });
         }
 
         // Assign the actions to the template.
diff --git a/templates/workflow/editorialLinkActions.tpl b/templates/workflow/editorialLinkActions.tpl
index 72fe33943bf..450e8ebbfcb 100644
--- a/templates/workflow/editorialLinkActions.tpl
+++ b/templates/workflow/editorialLinkActions.tpl
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 		<div id="editorialActions" class="pkp_workflow_decisions">
 
-			{* Editors who can take a final decision *}
+			{* Editors who can take a final decision OR editors who can send in review*}
 			{if $makeDecision && count($decisions)}
 				{if $lastDecision}
 					<div class="pkp_workflow_last_decision">