diff --git a/app/controllers/concerns/course/assessment/submission/monitoring_concern.rb b/app/controllers/concerns/course/assessment/submission/monitoring_concern.rb
index 9e63f262b08..7692acbc242 100644
--- a/app/controllers/concerns/course/assessment/submission/monitoring_concern.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/concerns/course/assessment/submission/monitoring_concern.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ def should_monitor? # rubocop:disable Metrics/CyclomaticComplexity
       current_course_user&.student? &&
       can?(:create, Course::Monitoring::Session.new(creator_id: current_user.id)) &&
       @assessment&.monitor&.enabled? &&
-      !@submission.submitted?
+      @submission.attempting?
   end
 
   def monitoring_service