diff --git a/editor/components/post-preview-button/index.js b/editor/components/post-preview-button/index.js
index d0ad6111bf6636..bda9f811babb4f 100644
--- a/editor/components/post-preview-button/index.js
+++ b/editor/components/post-preview-button/index.js
@@ -50,12 +50,19 @@ export class PostPreviewButton extends Component {
 	}
 
 	saveForPreview( event ) {
-		const { isDirty, isNew } = this.props;
+		const { previewLink, isDirty, isNew } = this.props;
+
 		// Let default link behavior occur if no changes to saved post
 		if ( ! isDirty && ! isNew ) {
 			return;
 		}
 
+		// Likewise, if a preview URL is available and already assigned as
+		// the href of the clicked link, there's no need for the interstitial.
+		if ( previewLink && event.target.href === previewLink ) {
+			return;
+		}
+
 		// Save post prior to opening window
 		this.props.autosave();
 
@@ -100,13 +107,13 @@ export class PostPreviewButton extends Component {
 	}
 
 	render() {
-		const { currentPostLink, isSaveable } = this.props;
+		const { previewLink, currentPostLink, isSaveable } = this.props;
 
 		return (
 			<Button
 				className="editor-post-preview"
 				isLarge
-				href={ currentPostLink }
+				href={ previewLink || currentPostLink }
 				onClick={ this.saveForPreview }
 				target={ this.getWindowTarget() }
 				disabled={ ! isSaveable }
diff --git a/editor/components/post-preview-button/test/index.js b/editor/components/post-preview-button/test/index.js
index 2fa3d3f3da9840..e2798958a27b27 100644
--- a/editor/components/post-preview-button/test/index.js
+++ b/editor/components/post-preview-button/test/index.js
@@ -114,6 +114,16 @@ describe( 'PostPreviewButton', () => {
 			expect( wrapper.prop( 'target' ) ).toBe( 'wp-preview-1' );
 		} );
 
+		it( 'should render with preview link as href if available', () => {
+			const wrapper = shallow(
+				<PostPreviewButton
+					currentPostLink="https://wordpress.org/?p=1"
+					previewLink="https://wordpress.org/?p=1&preview=true" />
+			);
+
+			expect( wrapper.prop( 'href' ) ).toBe( 'https://wordpress.org/?p=1&preview=true' );
+		} );
+
 		it( 'should be disabled if post is not saveable', () => {
 			const wrapper = shallow(
 				<PostPreviewButton