diff --git a/platform/core/src/services/Contextualize.js b/platform/core/src/services/Contextualize.js
index 9883c7af15..ff4571782a 100644
--- a/platform/core/src/services/Contextualize.js
+++ b/platform/core/src/services/Contextualize.js
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ define(
                 // Don't validate while editing; consistency is not
                 // necessarily expected due to unsaved changes.
                 var editor = domainObject.getCapability('editor');
-                if (editor && !editor.inEditContext()) {
+                if (!editor || !editor.inEditContext()) {
                     validate(domainObject.getId(), parentObject);
                 }
 
diff --git a/platform/core/test/services/ContextualizeSpec.js b/platform/core/test/services/ContextualizeSpec.js
index afaaa4e80e..64f929f217 100644
--- a/platform/core/test/services/ContextualizeSpec.js
+++ b/platform/core/test/services/ContextualizeSpec.js
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ define(
             var mockLog,
                 mockDomainObject,
                 mockParentObject,
+                mockEditor,
                 testParentModel,
                 contextualize;
 
@@ -52,11 +53,19 @@ define(
                 mockParentObject =
                     jasmine.createSpyObj('parentObject', DOMAIN_OBJECT_METHODS);
 
+                mockEditor =
+                    jasmine.createSpyObj('editor', ['inEditContext']);
+
                 mockDomainObject.getId.andReturn("abc");
                 mockDomainObject.getModel.andReturn({});
                 mockParentObject.getId.andReturn("parent");
                 mockParentObject.getModel.andReturn(testParentModel);
 
+                mockEditor.inEditContext.andReturn(false);
+                mockDomainObject.getCapability.andCallFake(function (c) {
+                    return c === 'editor' && mockEditor;
+                });
+
                 contextualize = new Contextualize(mockLog);
             });
 
@@ -82,6 +91,12 @@ define(
                 expect(mockLog.warn).toHaveBeenCalled();
             });
 
+            it("does not issue warnings for objects being edited", function () {
+                mockEditor.inEditContext.andReturn(true);
+                testParentModel.composition = ["xyz"];
+                contextualize(mockDomainObject, mockParentObject);
+                expect(mockLog.warn).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+            });
 
         });
     }