diff --git a/src/base/Element.php b/src/base/Element.php
index d68d16b8944..695affcffa4 100644
--- a/src/base/Element.php
+++ b/src/base/Element.php
@@ -4949,6 +4949,20 @@ protected function showStatusField(): bool
         return true;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Public method that returns whether status field should be shown for given element.
+     * It's a temporary solution, to be removed in v5 when Element::showStatusField() can be set to be public.
+     * (introduced to deal with #13854)
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     * @since 4.5.9
+     * @deprecated @4.5.9
+     */
+    public function getShowStatusField(): bool
+    {
+        return $this->showStatusField();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the status field HTML for the sidebar.
      *
diff --git a/src/elements/actions/SetStatus.php b/src/elements/actions/SetStatus.php
index 8b7b05dc291..22660b6b22c 100644
--- a/src/elements/actions/SetStatus.php
+++ b/src/elements/actions/SetStatus.php
@@ -90,6 +90,12 @@ public function performAction(ElementQueryInterface $query): bool
         foreach ($elements as $element) {
             switch ($this->status) {
                 case self::ENABLED:
+                    // Skip if we're not supposed to allow changing status
+                    /** @var Element $element */
+                    if (!$element->getShowStatusField()) {
+                        continue 2;
+                    }
+
                     // Skip if there's nothing to change
                     if ($element->enabled && $element->getEnabledForSite()) {
                         continue 2;
@@ -101,6 +107,12 @@ public function performAction(ElementQueryInterface $query): bool
                     break;
 
                 case self::DISABLED:
+                    // Skip if we're not supposed to allow changing status
+                    /** @var Element $element */
+                    if (!$element->getShowStatusField()) {
+                        continue 2;
+                    }
+
                     // Is this a multi-site element?
                     if ($isLocalized && count($element->getSupportedSites()) !== 1) {
                         // Skip if there's nothing to change