diff --git a/lib/mayaUsd/ufe/Utils.cpp b/lib/mayaUsd/ufe/Utils.cpp
index 5c527e82ce..3b7caba6dd 100644
--- a/lib/mayaUsd/ufe/Utils.cpp
+++ b/lib/mayaUsd/ufe/Utils.cpp
@@ -422,25 +422,23 @@ bool isAttributeEditAllowed(const PXR_NS::UsdAttribute& attr, std::string* errMs
 
 bool isAttributeEditAllowed(const UsdPrim& prim, const TfToken& attrName)
 {
-    if (prim.IsA<UsdGeomXformable>()) {
-
-        std::string errMsg;
-
-        // check for xformOp:tokenName in XformOpOrderAttr first
-        UsdGeomXformable xformable(prim);
-        if (!isAttributeEditAllowed(xformable.GetXformOpOrderAttr(), &errMsg)) {
-            MGlobal::displayError(errMsg.c_str());
-            return false;
-        } else {
-            // check for xformOp:tokenName
-            if (UsdGeomXformOp::IsXformOp(attrName)) {
-                if (!isAttributeEditAllowed(prim.GetAttribute(attrName), &errMsg)) {
-                    MGlobal::displayError(errMsg.c_str());
-                    return false;
-                }
+    std::string errMsg;
+
+    UsdGeomXformable xformable(prim);
+    if (xformable) {
+        if (UsdGeomXformOp::IsXformOp(attrName)) {
+            // check for the attribute in XformOpOrderAttr first
+            if (!isAttributeEditAllowed(xformable.GetXformOpOrderAttr(), &errMsg)) {
+                MGlobal::displayError(errMsg.c_str());
+                return false;
             }
         }
     }
+    // check the attribute itself
+    if (!isAttributeEditAllowed(prim.GetAttribute(attrName), &errMsg)) {
+        MGlobal::displayError(errMsg.c_str());
+        return false;
+    }
 
     return true;
 }
diff --git a/test/lib/ufe/testAttributeBlock.py b/test/lib/ufe/testAttributeBlock.py
index a5dfc40550..41cd679d52 100644
--- a/test/lib/ufe/testAttributeBlock.py
+++ b/test/lib/ufe/testAttributeBlock.py
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ def testAttributeBlocking3dCommonApi(self):
         # authoring new transformation edit is allowed.
         self.assertTrue(mayaUsdUfe.isAttributeEditAllowed(rotateAttr))
 
+    @unittest.skipUnless(ufeUtils.ufeFeatureSetVersion() >= 2, 'testAttributeBlocking3dMatrixOps only available in UFE v2 or greater.')
     def testAttributeBlocking3dMatrixOps(self):
         '''
         Verify authoring transformation attribute(s) in weaker layer(s) are not permitted if there exist opinion(s)