diff --git a/docroot/sites/all/modules/contrib/xmlsitemap/xmlsitemap.module b/docroot/sites/all/modules/contrib/xmlsitemap/xmlsitemap.module
index 9f4868b..dce2ce5 100644
--- a/docroot/sites/all/modules/contrib/xmlsitemap/xmlsitemap.module
+++ b/docroot/sites/all/modules/contrib/xmlsitemap/xmlsitemap.module
@@ -614,7 +614,10 @@ function xmlsitemap_link_save(array $link, array $context = array()) {
     module_invoke_all('xmlsitemap_link_update', $link, $context);
   }
   else {
-    drupal_write_record('xmlsitemap', $link);
+    // For new links being inserted we can skip items that access or status equals FALSE
+    if ($link['status'] && $link['access']) {
+      drupal_write_record('xmlsitemap', $link);
+    }
     module_invoke_all('xmlsitemap_link_insert', $link, $context);
   }