diff --git a/lib/Drupal/config_translation/Controller/ConfigTranslationController.php b/lib/Drupal/config_translation/Controller/ConfigTranslationController.php
index e13f962..d935460 100644
--- a/lib/Drupal/config_translation/Controller/ConfigTranslationController.php
+++ b/lib/Drupal/config_translation/Controller/ConfigTranslationController.php
@@ -72,14 +72,16 @@ class ConfigTranslationController implements ControllerInterface {
           '#markup' => '<strong>' . t('@language (original)', array('@language' => $language->name)) . '</strong>',
         );
 
-        // @todo The user translating might as well not have access to
-        // edit the original configuration. They will get a 403 for this
-        // link when clicked. Do we know better?
         $operations = array();
-        $operations['edit'] = array(
-          'title' => t('Edit'),
-          'href' => $path,
-        );
+        // Only allow users with permission to edit origin configuration.
+        if ($router_item = menu_get_item($path)) {
+          if ($router_item['access']) {
+            $operations['edit'] = array(
+              'title' => t('Edit'),
+              'href' => $path,
+            );
+          }
+        }
         $page['languages'][$language->id]['operations'] = array(
           '#type' => 'operations',
           '#links' => $operations,