diff --git a/app/models/creatorship.rb b/app/models/creatorship.rb
index c9db5842ae7..fcd8700ce1f 100644
--- a/app/models/creatorship.rb
+++ b/app/models/creatorship.rb
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ class Creatorship < ApplicationRecord
   validates_uniqueness_of :pseud, scope: [:creation_type, :creation_id], on: :create
 
   validate :check_invalid, on: :create
-  validate :check_disallowed, on: :create
   validate :check_banned, on: :create
+  validate :check_disallowed, on: :create
   validate :check_approved_becoming_false, on: :update
 
   # Update approval status if this creatorship should be automatically approved.
@@ -41,24 +41,24 @@ def check_invalid
     end
   end
 
+  # Make sure that the user isn't banned or suspended.
+  def check_banned
+    return unless pseud&.user&.banned || pseud&.user&.suspended
+
+    errors.add(:base, ts("%{name} cannot be listed as a co-creator.",
+                         name: pseud.byline))
+    throw :abort
+  end
+
   # Make sure that if this is an invitation, we're not inviting someone who has
   # disabled invitations.
   def check_disallowed
     return if approved? || pseud.nil?
     return if pseud&.user&.preference&.allow_cocreator
-
     errors.add(:base, ts("%{name} does not allow others to invite them to be a co-creator.",
                          name: pseud.byline))
   end
 
-  # Make sure that the user isn't banned or suspended.
-  def check_banned
-    return unless pseud&.user&.banned || pseud&.user&.suspended
-
-    errors.add(:base, ts("%{name} is currently banned and cannot be listed as a co-creator.",
-                         name: pseud.byline))
-  end
-
   # Make sure that we're not trying to set approved to false, since that could
   # potentially violate some rules about co-creators. (e.g. Having a user
   # listed as a chapter co-creator, but not a work co-creator.)
diff --git a/features/works/work_create.feature b/features/works/work_create.feature
index bbbf30effde..65c3cbb900a 100755
--- a/features/works/work_create.feature
+++ b/features/works/work_create.feature
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ Feature: Create Works
     When I fill in "work_collection_names" with ""
       And I fill in "pseud_byline" with "badcoauthor"
       And I press "Preview"
-    Then I should see "badcoauthor is currently banned"
+    Then I should see "badcoauthor cannot be listed as a co-creator"
     When I fill in "pseud_byline" with "coauthor"
       And I fill in "Additional Tags" with "this is a very long tag more than one hundred characters in length how would this normally even be created"
       And I press "Preview"