diff --git a/ui/component/claimPreview/view.jsx b/ui/component/claimPreview/view.jsx
index c90a22e5f..97eaed28a 100644
--- a/ui/component/claimPreview/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/claimPreview/view.jsx
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ const ClaimPreview = forwardRef<any, {}>((props: Props, ref: any) => {
       ? claim.permanent_url || claim.canonical_url
       : undefined;
   const repostedContentUri = claim && (claim.reposted_claim ? claim.reposted_claim.permanent_url : claim.permanent_url);
+  const isPublishSuggestion = placeholder === 'publish' && !claim && uri.startsWith('lbry://@'); // See commit a43d9150.
 
   // Get channel title ( use name as fallback )
   let channelTitle = null;
@@ -227,10 +228,9 @@ const ClaimPreview = forwardRef<any, {}>((props: Props, ref: any) => {
     }
   }
 
-  // Aria-label value for claim preview
-  let ariaLabelData = isChannelUri ? title : formatClaimPreviewTitle(title, channelTitle, date, mediaDuration);
+  const ariaLabelData = isChannelUri ? title : formatClaimPreviewTitle(title, channelTitle, date, mediaDuration);
 
-  let navigateUrl = formatLbryUrlForWeb((claim && claim.canonical_url) || uri || '/');
+  const navigateUrl = formatLbryUrlForWeb((claim && claim.canonical_url) || uri || '/');
   let navigateSearch = new URLSearchParams();
   if (listId) {
     navigateSearch.set(COLLECTIONS_CONSTS.COLLECTION_ID, listId);
@@ -273,12 +273,19 @@ const ClaimPreview = forwardRef<any, {}>((props: Props, ref: any) => {
     shouldHide = true;
   }
 
+  if (!shouldHide && isPublishSuggestion) {
+    shouldHide = true;
+  }
+
   if (!shouldHide && customShouldHide && claim) {
     if (customShouldHide(claim)) {
       shouldHide = true;
     }
   }
 
+  // **************************************************************************
+  // **************************************************************************
+
   // Weird placement warning
   // Make sure this happens after we figure out if this claim needs to be hidden
   const thumbnailUrl = useGetThumbnail(uri, claim, streamingUrl, getFile, shouldHide);
@@ -307,6 +314,9 @@ const ClaimPreview = forwardRef<any, {}>((props: Props, ref: any) => {
     }
   }, [isValid, uri, isResolvingUri, shouldFetch, resolveUri]);
 
+  // **************************************************************************
+  // **************************************************************************
+
   if ((shouldHide && !showNullPlaceholder) || (isLivestream && !ENABLE_NO_SOURCE_CLAIMS)) {
     return null;
   }
@@ -340,8 +350,9 @@ const ClaimPreview = forwardRef<any, {}>((props: Props, ref: any) => {
       </React.Suspense>
     );
   }
-  if (placeholder === 'publish' && !claim && uri.startsWith('lbry://@')) {
-    return null;
+
+  if (isPublishSuggestion) {
+    return null; // Ignore 'showNullPlaceholder'
   }
 
   let liveProperty = null;