diff --git a/app/controllers/assets_controller.rb b/app/controllers/assets_controller.rb
index fe96f274a..9800d6f2a 100644
--- a/app/controllers/assets_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/assets_controller.rb
@@ -128,8 +128,9 @@ class AssetsController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def edit
+    action = @asset.file_file_size.zero? && !@asset.locked? ? 'editnew' : 'edit'
     @action_url = append_wd_params(@asset
-                                   .get_action_url(current_user, 'edit', false))
+                                  .get_action_url(current_user, action, false))
     @favicon_url = @asset.favicon_url('edit')
     tkn = current_user.get_wopi_token
     @token = tkn.token
diff --git a/app/utilities/wopi_util.rb b/app/utilities/wopi_util.rb
index a66f2510b..eabeaa693 100644
--- a/app/utilities/wopi_util.rb
+++ b/app/utilities/wopi_util.rb
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ module WopiUtil
       wopi_app.save!
       app.xpath('action').each do |action|
         name = action.xpath('@name').first.value
-        next unless %w(view edit wopitest).include?(name)
+        next unless %w(view edit editnew wopitest).include?(name)
+
         wopi_action = WopiAction.new
         wopi_action.action = name
         wopi_action.extension = action.xpath('@ext').first.value