diff --git a/CRM/Member/BAO/Membership.php b/CRM/Member/BAO/Membership.php
index 1805b76426d8..71f68a6ef479 100644
--- a/CRM/Member/BAO/Membership.php
+++ b/CRM/Member/BAO/Membership.php
@@ -1094,12 +1094,9 @@ public static function getMembershipCount($membershipTypeId, $date = NULL, $isTe
   /**
    * Function check the status of the membership before adding membership for a contact.
    *
-   * @param int $contactId
-   *   Contact id.
-   *
    * @return int
    */
-  public static function statusAvailabilty($contactId) {
+  public static function statusAvailabilty() {
     $membership = new CRM_Member_DAO_MembershipStatus();
     $membership->whereAdd('is_active=1');
     return $membership->count();
diff --git a/CRM/Member/Form.php b/CRM/Member/Form.php
index 222fcb4c8f3f..65f7ae9a958a 100644
--- a/CRM/Member/Form.php
+++ b/CRM/Member/Form.php
@@ -96,6 +96,11 @@ public function preProcess() {
     if (!CRM_Core_Permission::checkActionPermission('CiviMember', $this->_action)) {
       CRM_Core_Error::fatal(ts('You do not have permission to access this page.'));
     }
+    if (!CRM_Member_BAO_Membership::statusAvailabilty()) {
+      // all possible statuses are disabled - redirect back to contact form
+      CRM_Core_Error::statusBounce(ts('There are no configured membership statuses. You cannot add this membership until your membership statuses are correctly configured'));
+    }
+
     parent::preProcess();
     $params = array();
     $params['context'] = CRM_Utils_Request::retrieve('context', 'String', $this, FALSE, 'membership');
diff --git a/CRM/Member/Form/Membership.php b/CRM/Member/Form/Membership.php
index e8b2b10c526a..53de647a0daf 100644
--- a/CRM/Member/Form/Membership.php
+++ b/CRM/Member/Form/Membership.php
@@ -187,10 +187,6 @@ public function preProcess() {
     }
 
     if ($this->_action & CRM_Core_Action::ADD) {
-      if (!CRM_Member_BAO_Membership::statusAvailabilty($this->_contactID)) {
-        // all possible statuses are disabled - redirect back to contact form
-        CRM_Core_Error::statusBounce(ts('There are no configured membership statuses. You cannot add this membership until your membership statuses are correctly configured'));
-      }
       if ($this->_contactID) {
         //check whether contact has a current membership so we can alert user that they may want to do a renewal instead
         $contactMemberships = array();
diff --git a/CRM/Member/Form/MembershipRenewal.php b/CRM/Member/Form/MembershipRenewal.php
index 319b30023f04..80e64e27d653 100644
--- a/CRM/Member/Form/MembershipRenewal.php
+++ b/CRM/Member/Form/MembershipRenewal.php
@@ -129,10 +129,6 @@ public function preProcess() {
     // This string makes up part of the class names, differentiating them (not sure why) from the membership fields.
     $this->assign('formClass', 'membershiprenew');
     parent::preProcess();
-    // check for edit permission
-    if (!CRM_Core_Permission::check('edit memberships')) {
-      CRM_Core_Error::fatal(ts('You do not have permission to access this page.'));
-    }
 
     $this->assign('endDate', CRM_Utils_Date::customFormat(CRM_Core_DAO::getFieldValue('CRM_Member_DAO_Membership',
         $this->_id, 'end_date'