diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/block/index.php b/packages/block-library/src/block/index.php
index 77a281802c50a..aa235f170333e 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/block/index.php
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/block/index.php
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ function render_block_core_block( $attributes ) {
 		return '';
 	}
 
+	if ( 'publish' !== $reusable_block->post_status || ! empty( $reusable_block->post_password ) ) {
+		return '';
+	}
+
 	return do_blocks( $reusable_block->post_content );
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/editor/src/store/effects/reusable-blocks.js b/packages/editor/src/store/effects/reusable-blocks.js
index 07ed88ab69d52..acfa3d0aaaefb 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/store/effects/reusable-blocks.js
+++ b/packages/editor/src/store/effects/reusable-blocks.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /**
  * External dependencies
  */
-import { castArray, map, uniqueId } from 'lodash';
+import { compact, map, uniqueId } from 'lodash';
 import { BEGIN, COMMIT, REVERT } from 'redux-optimist';
 
 /**
@@ -61,30 +61,35 @@ export const fetchReusableBlocks = async ( action, store ) => {
 		return;
 	}
 
-	let result;
-	if ( id ) {
-		result = apiFetch( { path: `/wp/v2/${ postType.rest_base }/${ id }` } );
-	} else {
-		result = apiFetch( { path: `/wp/v2/${ postType.rest_base }?per_page=-1` } );
-	}
-
 	try {
-		const reusableBlockOrBlocks = await result;
-		dispatch( receiveReusableBlocksAction( map(
-			castArray( reusableBlockOrBlocks ),
-			( post ) => {
-				const parsedBlocks = parse( post.content.raw );
-				return {
-					reusableBlock: {
-						id: post.id,
-						title: getPostRawValue( post.title ),
-					},
-					parsedBlock: parsedBlocks.length === 1 ?
-						parsedBlocks[ 0 ] :
-						createBlock( 'core/template', {}, parsedBlocks ),
-				};
+		let posts;
+
+		if ( id ) {
+			posts = [ await apiFetch( { path: `/wp/v2/${ postType.rest_base }/${ id }` } ) ];
+		} else {
+			posts = await apiFetch( { path: `/wp/v2/${ postType.rest_base }?per_page=-1` } );
+		}
+
+		const results = compact( map( posts, ( post ) => {
+			if ( post.status !== 'publish' || post.content.protected ) {
+				return null;
 			}
-		) ) );
+
+			const parsedBlocks = parse( post.content.raw );
+			return {
+				reusableBlock: {
+					id: post.id,
+					title: getPostRawValue( post.title ),
+				},
+				parsedBlock: parsedBlocks.length === 1 ?
+					parsedBlocks[ 0 ] :
+					createBlock( 'core/template', {}, parsedBlocks ),
+			};
+		} ) );
+
+		if ( results.length ) {
+			dispatch( receiveReusableBlocksAction( results ) );
+		}
 
 		dispatch( {
 			type: 'FETCH_REUSABLE_BLOCKS_SUCCESS',
diff --git a/packages/editor/src/store/effects/test/reusable-blocks.js b/packages/editor/src/store/effects/test/reusable-blocks.js
index 1e13dba9f9714..071e4f07f4f6f 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/store/effects/test/reusable-blocks.js
+++ b/packages/editor/src/store/effects/test/reusable-blocks.js
@@ -70,11 +70,13 @@ describe( 'reusable blocks effects', () => {
 			const blockPromise = Promise.resolve( [
 				{
 					id: 123,
+					status: 'publish',
 					title: {
 						raw: 'My cool block',
 					},
 					content: {
 						raw: '<!-- wp:test-block {"name":"Big Bird"} /-->',
+						protected: false,
 					},
 				},
 			] );
@@ -118,11 +120,13 @@ describe( 'reusable blocks effects', () => {
 		it( 'should fetch a single reusable block', async () => {
 			const blockPromise = Promise.resolve( {
 				id: 123,
+				status: 'publish',
 				title: {
 					raw: 'My cool block',
 				},
 				content: {
 					raw: '<!-- wp:test-block {"name":"Big Bird"} /-->',
+					protected: false,
 				},
 			} );
 			const postTypePromise = Promise.resolve( {
@@ -162,6 +166,42 @@ describe( 'reusable blocks effects', () => {
 			} );
 		} );
 
+		it( 'should ignore reusable blocks with a trashed post status', async () => {
+			const blockPromise = Promise.resolve( {
+				id: 123,
+				status: 'trash',
+				title: {
+					raw: 'My cool block',
+				},
+				content: {
+					raw: '<!-- wp:test-block {"name":"Big Bird"} /-->',
+					protected: false,
+				},
+			} );
+			const postTypePromise = Promise.resolve( {
+				slug: 'wp_block', rest_base: 'blocks',
+			} );
+
+			apiFetch.mockImplementation( ( options ) => {
+				if ( options.path === '/wp/v2/types/wp_block' ) {
+					return postTypePromise;
+				}
+
+				return blockPromise;
+			} );
+
+			const dispatch = jest.fn();
+			const store = { getState: noop, dispatch };
+
+			await fetchReusableBlocks( fetchReusableBlocksAction( 123 ), store );
+
+			expect( dispatch ).toHaveBeenCalledTimes( 1 );
+			expect( dispatch ).toHaveBeenCalledWith( {
+				type: 'FETCH_REUSABLE_BLOCKS_SUCCESS',
+				id: 123,
+			} );
+		} );
+
 		it( 'should handle an API error', async () => {
 			const blockPromise = Promise.reject( {
 				code: 'unknown_error',