diff --git a/src/js/_enqueues/wp/autosave.js b/src/js/_enqueues/wp/autosave.js
index 9f46c3161483e..099a2b8c091e2 100644
--- a/src/js/_enqueues/wp/autosave.js
+++ b/src/js/_enqueues/wp/autosave.js
@@ -115,6 +115,10 @@ window.autosave = function() {
 				data.auto_draft = '1';
 			}
 
+			if ( $( '#active_post_lock' ).length ) {
+				data.active_post_lock = $( '#active_post_lock' ).val() || '';
+			}
+
 			return data;
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/misc.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/misc.php
index f021aedb8a5fb..6c6cf4096bc07 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/misc.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/misc.php
@@ -1201,9 +1201,8 @@ function wp_refresh_post_lock( $response, $data, $screen_id ) {
 			return $response;
 		}
 
-		$user_id = wp_check_post_lock( $post_id );
+		$user_id = wp_check_post_lock( $post_id, $received['lock'] ?? '' );
 		$user    = get_userdata( $user_id );
-
 		if ( $user ) {
 			$error = array(
 				'name' => $user->display_name,
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/post.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/post.php
index d32f5d6889e58..a3094707590f6 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/post.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/post.php
@@ -1708,11 +1708,14 @@ function _wp_post_thumbnail_html( $thumbnail_id = null, $post = null ) {
  *
  * @since 2.5.0
  *
- * @param int|WP_Post $post ID or object of the post to check for editing.
+ * @param int|WP_Post $post        ID or object of the post to check for editing.
+ * @param string      $active_lock Optional. The active lock held by the current editing session.
+ *                                 When provided, the current user's stale lock is treated as locked.
  * @return int|false ID of the user with lock. False if the post does not exist, post is not locked,
- *                   the user with lock does not exist, or the post is locked by current user.
+ *                   the user with lock does not exist, or the post is locked by the current session.
  */
-function wp_check_post_lock( $post ) {
+function wp_check_post_lock( $post, $active_lock = '' ) {
+
 	$post = get_post( $post );
 
 	if ( ! $post ) {
@@ -1725,9 +1728,10 @@ function wp_check_post_lock( $post ) {
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	$lock = explode( ':', $lock );
-	$time = $lock[0];
-	$user = isset( $lock[1] ) ? (int) $lock[1] : (int) get_post_meta( $post->ID, '_edit_last', true );
+	$lock_value = $lock;
+	$lock       = explode( ':', $lock );
+	$time       = $lock[0];
+	$user       = isset( $lock[1] ) ? (int) $lock[1] : (int) get_post_meta( $post->ID, '_edit_last', true );
 
 	if ( ! get_userdata( $user ) ) {
 		return false;
@@ -1736,13 +1740,18 @@ function wp_check_post_lock( $post ) {
 	/** This filter is documented in wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php */
 	$time_window = apply_filters( 'wp_check_post_lock_window', 150 );
 
-	if ( $time && $time > time() - $time_window && get_current_user_id() !== $user ) {
-		return $user;
+	if ( $time && $time > time() - $time_window ) {
+		if ( get_current_user_id() !== $user ) {
+			return $user;
+		}
+
+		if ( $active_lock && $active_lock !== $lock_value ) {
+			return $user;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return false;
 }
-
 /**
  * Marks the post as currently being edited by the current user.
  *
@@ -2093,7 +2102,9 @@ function post_preview() {
 
 	$is_autosave = false;
 
-	if ( ! wp_check_post_lock( $post->ID ) && get_current_user_id() === (int) $post->post_author
+	$active_post_lock = $post_data['active_post_lock'] ?? '';
+
+	if ( ! wp_check_post_lock( $post->ID, $active_post_lock ) && get_current_user_id() === (int) $post->post_author
 		&& ( 'draft' === $post->post_status || 'auto-draft' === $post->post_status )
 	) {
 		$saved_post_id = edit_post();
@@ -2168,7 +2179,9 @@ function wp_autosave( $post_data ) {
 		$post_data['post_category'] = explode( ',', $post_data['catslist'] );
 	}
 
-	if ( ! wp_check_post_lock( $post->ID ) && get_current_user_id() === (int) $post->post_author
+	$active_post_lock = $post_data['active_post_lock'] ?? '';
+
+	if ( ! wp_check_post_lock( $post->ID, $active_post_lock ) && get_current_user_id() === (int) $post->post_author
 		&& ( 'auto-draft' === $post->post_status || 'draft' === $post->post_status )
 	) {
 		// Drafts and auto-drafts are just overwritten by autosave for the same user if the post is not locked.
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/admin/includesPost.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/admin/includesPost.php
index d9d39d8da727d..a598fb994790a 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/admin/includesPost.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/admin/includesPost.php
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ public function test__wp_translate_postdata_cap_checks_editor() {
 	 * @ticket 25272
 	 */
 	public function test_edit_post_auto_draft() {
+
 		wp_set_current_user( self::$editor_id );
 		$post = self::factory()->post->create_and_get( array( 'post_status' => 'auto-draft' ) );
 		$this->assertSame( 'auto-draft', $post->post_status );
@@ -145,6 +146,31 @@ public function test_edit_post_auto_draft() {
 		$this->assertSame( 'draft', get_post( $post->ID )->post_status );
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @ticket 28288
+	 */
+	public function test_wp_check_post_lock_allows_the_current_session() {
+		wp_set_current_user( self::$editor_id );
+
+		$lock = implode( ':', wp_set_post_lock( self::$post_id ) );
+
+		$this->assertFalse( wp_check_post_lock( self::$post_id, $lock ) );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @ticket 28288
+	 */
+	public function test_wp_check_post_lock_detects_a_stale_same_user_lock() {
+		wp_set_current_user( self::$editor_id );
+
+		$stale_lock = ( time() - 1 ) . ':' . self::$editor_id;
+		$fresh_lock = time() . ':' . self::$editor_id;
+
+		update_post_meta( self::$post_id, '_edit_lock', $fresh_lock );
+
+		$this->assertNotSame( $stale_lock, $fresh_lock );
+		$this->assertSame( self::$editor_id, wp_check_post_lock( self::$post_id, $stale_lock ) );
+	}
 	/**
 	 * @ticket 30615
 	 */
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/ajax/wpAjaxHeartbeat.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/ajax/wpAjaxHeartbeat.php
index 6759d9f0db466..93b1dd4694c20 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/ajax/wpAjaxHeartbeat.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/ajax/wpAjaxHeartbeat.php
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ public function test_autosave_post() {
 	 * Tests autosaving a locked post.
 	 */
 	public function test_autosave_locked_post() {
+
 		// Lock the post to another user.
 		wp_set_current_user( self::$editor_id );
 		wp_set_post_lock( self::$post_id );
@@ -133,6 +134,53 @@ public function test_autosave_locked_post() {
 		$this->assertStringContainsString( $md5, $autosave->post_content );
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Tests autosaving a post from a stale lock held by the same user.
+	 *
+	 * @ticket 28288
+	 */
+	public function test_autosave_stale_same_user_lock_creates_an_autosave() {
+		wp_set_current_user( self::$admin_id );
+
+		$stale_lock = ( time() - 1 ) . ':' . self::$admin_id;
+		$fresh_lock = time() . ':' . self::$admin_id;
+		$md5        = md5( uniqid() );
+		$_POST      = array(
+			'action' => 'heartbeat',
+			'_nonce' => wp_create_nonce( 'heartbeat-nonce' ),
+			'data'   => array(
+				'wp_autosave' => array(
+					'post_id'          => self::$post_id,
+					'_wpnonce'         => wp_create_nonce( 'update-post_' . self::$post_id ),
+					'post_content'     => self::$post->post_content . PHP_EOL . $md5,
+					'post_type'        => 'post',
+					'active_post_lock' => $stale_lock,
+				),
+			),
+		);
+
+		update_post_meta( self::$post_id, '_edit_lock', $fresh_lock );
+
+		$this->assertNotSame( $stale_lock, $fresh_lock );
+
+		try {
+			$this->_handleAjax( 'heartbeat' );
+		} catch ( WPAjaxDieContinueException $e ) {
+			unset( $e );
+		}
+
+		$response = json_decode( $this->_last_response, true );
+
+		$this->assertNotEmpty( $response['wp_autosave'] );
+		$this->assertTrue( $response['wp_autosave']['success'] );
+
+		$post = get_post( self::$post_id );
+		$this->assertStringNotContainsString( $md5, $post->post_content );
+
+		$autosave = wp_get_post_autosave( self::$post_id, get_current_user_id() );
+		$this->assertNotEmpty( $autosave );
+		$this->assertStringContainsString( $md5, $autosave->post_content );
+	}
 	/**
 	 * Tests with an invalid nonce.
 	 */