diff --git a/app/policies/collection_policy.rb b/app/policies/collection_policy.rb
index e24b8c1ce29c0469397484ac0306466c1d841cac..c986524944e3f652bb26bfa706c7ddaf0218dcbd 100644
--- a/app/policies/collection_policy.rb
+++ b/app/policies/collection_policy.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class CollectionPolicy < ApplicationPolicy
   end
 
   def add_learning_object?
-    record if owns?
+    record if user_exists?
   end
 
   def remove_learning_object?