diff --git a/core/modules/content_moderation/src/EventSubscriber/ConfigImportSubscriber.php b/core/modules/content_moderation/src/EventSubscriber/ConfigImportSubscriber.php
index 930167f04f23383be87003fd965adca2630e8e9d..68eb18dbb8b33ee9e145b8f4985a2681cc5e09d1 100644
--- a/core/modules/content_moderation/src/EventSubscriber/ConfigImportSubscriber.php
+++ b/core/modules/content_moderation/src/EventSubscriber/ConfigImportSubscriber.php
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ public function onConfigImporterValidate(ConfigImporterEvent $event) {
     foreach (['update', 'delete'] as $op) {
       $unprocessed_configurations = $event->getConfigImporter()->getUnprocessedConfiguration($op);
       foreach ($unprocessed_configurations as $unprocessed_configuration) {
-        if ($workflow = $this->getWorkflow($unprocessed_configuration)) {
+        if (($workflow = $this->getWorkflow($unprocessed_configuration))
+            && $workflow->getTypePlugin()->getPluginId() === 'content_moderation') {
           if ($op === 'update') {
             $original_workflow_config = $event->getConfigImporter()
               ->getStorageComparer()