diff --git a/app/react/src/client/preview/client_api.js b/app/react/src/client/preview/client_api.js
index cf12a4196898..b711d4e96e0c 100644
--- a/app/react/src/client/preview/client_api.js
+++ b/app/react/src/client/preview/client_api.js
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ export default class ClientApi {
     this._storyStore = storyStore;
     this._addons = {};
     this._globalDecorators = [];
-    this._storiesAdded = false;
   }
 
   setAddon(addon) {
@@ -19,9 +18,6 @@ export default class ClientApi {
   }
 
   addDecorator(decorator) {
-    if (this._storiesAdded) {
-      throw new Error('Global decorators added after loading stories will not be applied');
-    }
     this._globalDecorators.push(decorator);
   }
 
@@ -62,8 +58,6 @@ export default class ClientApi {
     });
 
     api.add = (storyName, getStory) => {
-      this._storiesAdded = true;
-
       if (typeof storyName !== 'string') {
         throw new Error(`Invalid or missing storyName provided for a "${kind}" story.`);
       }
diff --git a/app/react/src/client/preview/client_api.test.js b/app/react/src/client/preview/client_api.test.js
index da6a6bb1abb1..acb45b425c1f 100644
--- a/app/react/src/client/preview/client_api.test.js
+++ b/app/react/src/client/preview/client_api.test.js
@@ -150,16 +150,6 @@ describe('preview.client_api', () => {
       expect(storyStore.stories[0].fn()).toBe('bb-Hello');
     });
 
-    it('should throw on adding global decorators after stories', () => {
-      const storyStore = new StoryStore();
-      const api = new ClientAPI({ storyStore });
-      const localApi = api.storiesOf('none');
-      localApi.add('storyName', () => 'Hello');
-      expect(() => {
-        api.addDecorator(fn => `bb-${fn()}`);
-      }).toThrow('Global decorators added after loading stories will not be applied');
-    });
-
     it('should utilize both decorators at once', () => {
       const storyStore = new StoryStore();
       const api = new ClientAPI({ storyStore });