diff -u b/core/modules/field/src/FieldConfigAccessControlHandler.php b/core/modules/field/src/FieldConfigAccessControlHandler.php
--- b/core/modules/field/src/FieldConfigAccessControlHandler.php
+++ b/core/modules/field/src/FieldConfigAccessControlHandler.php
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
     if ($operation === 'delete') {
       if ($storage->isLocked()) {
         return AccessResult::forbidden()->addCacheableDependency($storage);
-      } else {
+      }
+      else {
         return AccessResult::allowedIfHasPermission($account, 'administer ' . $entity->getTargetEntityTypeId() . ' fields')->addCacheableDependency($entity);
       }
     }
diff -u b/core/modules/field_ui/src/FieldConfigListBuilder.php b/core/modules/field_ui/src/FieldConfigListBuilder.php
--- b/core/modules/field_ui/src/FieldConfigListBuilder.php
+++ b/core/modules/field_ui/src/FieldConfigListBuilder.php
@@ -154,9 +154,8 @@
       ],
     ];
 
-    // If user does not have permission to edit the field,
-    // change the link into text.
-    if ($field_config->access('update') === FALSE) {
+    // If the field is locked turn the field widget link into text.
+    if ($field_storage->isLocked()) {
       $row['data']['field_type'] = $row['data']['field_type']['data']['#title'];
     }
 
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- a/core/modules/field_ui/tests/src/Functional/ManageFieldsFunctionalTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/field_ui/tests/src/Functional/ManageFieldsFunctionalTest.php
@@ -661,6 +661,8 @@ public function testLockedField() {
     $this->drupalGet('admin/structure/types/manage/' . $this->contentType . '/fields');
     $locked = $this->xpath('//tr[@id=:field_name]/td[4]', [':field_name' => $field_name]);
     $this->assertSame('Locked', $locked[0]->getHtml(), 'Field is marked as Locked in the UI');
+    $field_link = $this->xpath('//tr[@id=:field_name]/td[3]', [':field_name' => $field_name]);
+    $this->assertSame('Test field', $field_link[0]->getHtml(), 'Field is marked as Locked in the UI');
     $this->drupalGet('admin/structure/types/manage/' . $this->contentType . '/fields/node.' . $this->contentType . '.' . $field_name . '/delete');
     $this->assertSession()->statusCodeEquals(403);
   }