diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/app_plugin/app.test.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/app_plugin/app.test.tsx
index edee2bf8e6b1d..c8c0f6d322118 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/app_plugin/app.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/app_plugin/app.test.tsx
@@ -722,15 +722,14 @@ describe('Lens App', () => {
         });
         expect(services.attributeService.wrapAttributes).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
           expect.objectContaining({
-            savedObjectId: undefined,
             title: 'hello there',
           }),
           true,
           undefined
         );
-        expect(props.redirectTo).toHaveBeenCalledWith('aaa');
+        expect(props.redirectTo).toHaveBeenCalledWith(defaultSavedObjectId);
         await act(async () => {
-          component.setProps({ initialInput: { savedObjectId: 'aaa' } });
+          component.setProps({ initialInput: { savedObjectId: defaultSavedObjectId } });
         });
         expect(services.attributeService.wrapAttributes).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
         expect(services.notifications.toasts.addSuccess).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
@@ -781,7 +780,6 @@ describe('Lens App', () => {
         await act(async () => {
           testSave(component, { newCopyOnSave: false, newTitle: 'hello there' });
         });
-        expect(services.notifications.toasts.addDanger).toHaveBeenCalled();
         expect(props.redirectTo).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
         expect(getButton(component).disableButton).toEqual(false);
       });
@@ -857,6 +855,7 @@ describe('Lens App', () => {
         );
         component.update();
         await act(async () => {
+          component.setProps({ initialInput: { savedObjectId: '123' } });
           getButton(component).run(component.getDOMNode());
         });
         component.update();
@@ -871,7 +870,7 @@ describe('Lens App', () => {
           });
         });
         expect(checkForDuplicateTitle).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-          expect.objectContaining({ savedObjectId: '123' }),
+          expect.objectContaining({ id: '123' }),
           false,
           onTitleDuplicate,
           expect.anything()
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/app_plugin/app.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/app_plugin/app.tsx
index 2d35c203661d0..366a27a8a9a05 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/app_plugin/app.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/app_plugin/app.tsx
@@ -359,7 +359,6 @@ export function App({
     const docToSave = {
       ...getLastKnownDocWithoutPinnedFilters()!,
       description: saveProps.newDescription,
-      savedObjectId: saveProps.newCopyOnSave ? undefined : lastKnownDoc.savedObjectId,
       title: saveProps.newTitle,
     };
 
@@ -375,25 +374,31 @@ export function App({
 
     const originalInput = saveProps.newCopyOnSave ? undefined : initialInput;
     const originalSavedObjectId = (originalInput as LensByReferenceInput)?.savedObjectId;
-    if (options.saveToLibrary && !originalInput) {
-      await checkForDuplicateTitle(
-        {
-          ...docToSave,
-          copyOnSave: saveProps.newCopyOnSave,
-          lastSavedTitle: lastKnownDoc.title,
-          getEsType: () => 'lens',
-          getDisplayName: () =>
-            i18n.translate('xpack.lens.app.saveModalType', {
-              defaultMessage: 'Lens visualization',
-            }),
-        },
-        saveProps.isTitleDuplicateConfirmed,
-        saveProps.onTitleDuplicate,
-        {
-          savedObjectsClient,
-          overlays,
-        }
-      );
+    if (options.saveToLibrary) {
+      try {
+        await checkForDuplicateTitle(
+          {
+            id: originalSavedObjectId,
+            title: docToSave.title,
+            copyOnSave: saveProps.newCopyOnSave,
+            lastSavedTitle: lastKnownDoc.title,
+            getEsType: () => 'lens',
+            getDisplayName: () =>
+              i18n.translate('xpack.lens.app.saveModalType', {
+                defaultMessage: 'Lens visualization',
+              }),
+          },
+          saveProps.isTitleDuplicateConfirmed,
+          saveProps.onTitleDuplicate,
+          {
+            savedObjectsClient,
+            overlays,
+          }
+        );
+      } catch (e) {
+        // ignore duplicate title failure, user notified in save modal
+        return;
+      }
     }
     try {
       const newInput = (await attributeService.wrapAttributes(
@@ -453,11 +458,6 @@ export function App({
       // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
       console.dir(e);
       trackUiEvent('save_failed');
-      notifications.toasts.addDanger(
-        i18n.translate('xpack.lens.app.docSavingError', {
-          defaultMessage: 'Error saving document',
-        })
-      );
       setState((s) => ({ ...s, isSaveModalVisible: false }));
     }
   };
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/ja-JP.json b/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/ja-JP.json
index 7386903c311d2..c20fdaa10e8de 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/ja-JP.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/ja-JP.json
@@ -10692,7 +10692,6 @@
     "xpack.lens.app.cancel": "キャンセル",
     "xpack.lens.app.cancelButtonAriaLabel": "変更を保存せずに最後に使用していたアプリに戻る",
     "xpack.lens.app.docLoadingError": "保存されたドキュメントの保存中にエラーが発生",
-    "xpack.lens.app.docSavingError": "ドキュメントの保存中にエラーが発生",
     "xpack.lens.app.indexPatternLoadingError": "インデックスパターンの読み込み中にエラーが発生",
     "xpack.lens.app.save": "保存",
     "xpack.lens.app.saveAndReturn": "保存して戻る",
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/zh-CN.json b/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/zh-CN.json
index 3dfa1cbbca434..e6c568462dc84 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/zh-CN.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/zh-CN.json
@@ -10705,7 +10705,6 @@
     "xpack.lens.app.cancel": "取消",
     "xpack.lens.app.cancelButtonAriaLabel": "返回到上一个应用而不保存更改",
     "xpack.lens.app.docLoadingError": "加载已保存文档时出错",
-    "xpack.lens.app.docSavingError": "保存文档时出错",
     "xpack.lens.app.indexPatternLoadingError": "加载索引模式时出错",
     "xpack.lens.app.save": "保存",
     "xpack.lens.app.saveAndReturn": "保存并返回",