diff --git a/datasette/views/base.py b/datasette/views/base.py
index a30eea18..f81617a0 100644
--- a/datasette/views/base.py
+++ b/datasette/views/base.py
@@ -208,7 +208,12 @@ class BaseView(RenderMixin):
             if "as_db" in kwargs:
                 should_redirect += kwargs["as_db"]
 
-            if self.ds.config("hash_urls") or "_hash" in request.args:
+            if (
+                (self.ds.config("hash_urls") or "_hash" in request.args)
+                and
+                # Redirect only if database is immutable
+                not self.ds.databases[name].is_mutable
+            ):
                 return name, expected, correct_hash_provided, should_redirect
 
         return name, expected, correct_hash_provided, None
diff --git a/tests/test_api.py b/tests/test_api.py
index 693fe0a1..6fedc118 100644
--- a/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/tests/test_api.py
@@ -1421,15 +1421,27 @@ def test_ttl_parameter(app_client, path, expected_cache_control):
         ),
     ],
 )
-def test_hash_parameter(app_client_with_hash, path, expected_redirect):
+def test_hash_parameter(
+    app_client_two_attached_databases_one_immutable, path, expected_redirect
+):
     # First get the current hash for the fixtures database
-    current_hash = app_client_with_hash.ds.databases["fixtures"].hash[:7]
-    response = app_client_with_hash.get(path, allow_redirects=False)
+    current_hash = app_client_two_attached_databases_one_immutable.ds.databases[
+        "fixtures"
+    ].hash[:7]
+    response = app_client_two_attached_databases_one_immutable.get(
+        path, allow_redirects=False
+    )
     assert response.status == 302
     location = response.headers["Location"]
     assert expected_redirect.replace("HASH", current_hash) == location
 
 
+def test_hash_parameter_ignored_for_mutable_databases(app_client):
+    path = "/fixtures/facetable.json?_hash=1"
+    response = app_client.get(path, allow_redirects=False)
+    assert response.status == 200
+
+
 test_json_columns_default_expected = [
     {"intval": 1, "strval": "s", "floatval": 0.5, "jsonval": '{"foo": "bar"}'}
 ]