diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php
index 6a7673e770..78288bd278 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php
@@ -5232,8 +5232,8 @@ class wp_xmlrpc_server extends IXR_Server {
 
 		$tags_input = isset( $content_struct['mt_keywords'] ) ? $content_struct['mt_keywords'] : null;
 
-		if ( ('publish' == $post_status) ) {
-			if ( ( 'page' == $post_type ) && ! current_user_can( 'publish_pages' ) ) {
+		if ( 'publish' == $post_status || 'private' == $post_status ) {
+			if ( 'page' == $post_type && ! current_user_can( 'publish_pages' ) ) {
 				return new IXR_Error( 401, __( 'Sorry, you do not have the right to publish this page.' ) );
 			} elseif ( ! current_user_can( 'publish_posts' ) ) {
 				return new IXR_Error( 401, __( 'Sorry, you do not have the right to publish this post.' ) );