diff --git a/src/components/common/RecipientPicker.tsx b/src/components/common/RecipientPicker.tsx
index 5d41834f4..300e83c5d 100644
--- a/src/components/common/RecipientPicker.tsx
+++ b/src/components/common/RecipientPicker.tsx
@@ -83,13 +83,16 @@ const RecipientPicker: FC<OwnProps & StateProps> = ({
       return chat && getCanPostInChat(chat, MAIN_THREAD_ID, undefined, chatFullInfoById[id]);
     });
 
-    const sorted = [
-      ...(currentUserId ? [currentUserId] : []),
-      ...sortChatIds(unique([
+    const sorted = sortChatIds(
+      unique([
+        ...(currentUserId ? [currentUserId] : []),
         ...filterChatsByName(lang, chatIds, chatsById, search, currentUserId),
         ...(contactIds && filter.includes('users') ? filterUsersByName(contactIds, usersById, search) : []),
-      ]), undefined, priorityIds),
-    ];
+      ]),
+      undefined,
+      priorityIds,
+      currentUserId,
+    );
 
     return filterChatIdsByType(global, sorted, filter);
   }, [pinnedIds, currentUserId, activeListIds, search, archivedListIds, lang, contactIds, filter, isOpen]);
diff --git a/src/components/common/helpers/sortChatIds.ts b/src/components/common/helpers/sortChatIds.ts
index cd17bb8bd..53b3b47d6 100644
--- a/src/components/common/helpers/sortChatIds.ts
+++ b/src/components/common/helpers/sortChatIds.ts
@@ -10,10 +10,16 @@ export default function sortChatIds(
   chatIds: string[],
   shouldPrioritizeVerified = false,
   priorityIds?: string[],
+  currentUserId?: string,
 ) {
   // Avoid calling sort on every global change
   const global = getGlobal();
+
   return orderBy(chatIds, (id) => {
+    if (id === currentUserId) {
+      return Infinity;
+    }
+
     const chat = selectChat(global, id);
     if (!chat) {
       return 0;