diff --git a/src/chat.rs b/src/chat.rs
index 46d8e3a6ee..7587d9b4d0 100644
--- a/src/chat.rs
+++ b/src/chat.rs
@@ -2593,10 +2593,12 @@ impl ChatIdBlocked {
             _ => (),
         }
 
-        let peerstate = Peerstate::from_addr(context, contact.get_addr()).await?;
-        let protected = peerstate.map_or(false, |p| {
-            p.is_using_verified_key() && p.prefer_encrypt == EncryptPreference::Mutual
-        });
+        let protected = contact_id == ContactId::SELF || {
+            let peerstate = Peerstate::from_addr(context, contact.get_addr()).await?;
+            peerstate.is_some_and(|p| {
+                p.is_using_verified_key() && p.prefer_encrypt == EncryptPreference::Mutual
+            })
+        };
         let smeared_time = create_smeared_timestamp(context);
 
         let chat_id = context
diff --git a/src/contact.rs b/src/contact.rs
index 7e925cd1c7..8baf90c6e9 100644
--- a/src/contact.rs
+++ b/src/contact.rs
@@ -3244,4 +3244,20 @@ Until the false-positive is fixed:
 
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
+    async fn test_self_is_verified() -> Result<()> {
+        let mut tcm = TestContextManager::new();
+        let alice = tcm.alice().await;
+
+        let contact = Contact::get_by_id(&alice, ContactId::SELF).await?;
+        assert_eq!(contact.is_verified(&alice).await?, true);
+        assert!(contact.is_profile_verified(&alice).await?);
+        assert!(contact.get_verifier_id(&alice).await?.is_none());
+
+        let chat_id = ChatId::get_for_contact(&alice, ContactId::SELF).await?;
+        assert!(chat_id.is_protected(&alice).await.unwrap() == ProtectionStatus::Protected);
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }