diff --git a/src/components/common/PrivateChatInfo.tsx b/src/components/common/PrivateChatInfo.tsx
index f24282dfc..9ac496334 100644
--- a/src/components/common/PrivateChatInfo.tsx
+++ b/src/components/common/PrivateChatInfo.tsx
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ const PrivateChatInfo: FC<OwnProps & StateProps> = ({
     const translatedStatus = getUserStatus(lang, user, userStatus);
     const mainUserNameClassName = buildClassName('handle', translatedStatus && 'withStatus');
     return (
-      <span className={buildClassName('status', isUserOnline(user, userStatus) && 'online')}>
+      <span className={buildClassName('status', isUserOnline(user, userStatus, true) && 'online')}>
         {mainUsername && <span className={mainUserNameClassName}>{mainUsername}</span>}
         {translatedStatus && <span className="user-status" dir="auto">{translatedStatus}</span>}
       </span>
diff --git a/src/global/helpers/users.ts b/src/global/helpers/users.ts
index d91baed77..8a6bc85e2 100644
--- a/src/global/helpers/users.ts
+++ b/src/global/helpers/users.ts
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ export function getUserStatus(
   }
 }
 
-export function isUserOnline(user: ApiUser, userStatus?: ApiUserStatus) {
+export function isUserOnline(user: ApiUser, userStatus?: ApiUserStatus, withSelfOnline = false) {
   const { id, type } = user;
 
   if (!userStatus) {
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ export function isUserOnline(user: ApiUser, userStatus?: ApiUserStatus) {
     return false;
   }
 
-  if (user.isSelf) {
+  if (user.isSelf && !withSelfOnline) {
     return false;
   }