diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/entities/Message.java b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/entities/Message.java
index 8896bd0753ffbfd6a293e5617e85f7d1f63df8ee..4f39e1bb664b3fcaa415e97e6220d2ba01bb66c9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/entities/Message.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/entities/Message.java
@@ -927,6 +927,7 @@ public class Message extends AbstractEntity implements AvatarService.Avatarable
                         (this.getSubject() == null || this.getSubject().equals(message.getSubject())) &&
                         (this.getThread() == null || (message.getThread() != null && this.getThread().toString().equals(message.getThread().toString()))) &&
                         this.getBody().length() + message.getBody().length() <= Config.MAX_DISPLAY_MESSAGE_CHARS &&
+                        this.getModerated() == null &&
                         !message.isGeoUri() &&
                         !this.isGeoUri() &&
                         !message.isOOb() &&
@@ -1044,7 +1045,7 @@ public class Message extends AbstractEntity implements AvatarService.Avatarable
         Message current = this;
         while (current.mergeable(current.next())) {
             current = current.next();
-            if (current == null) {
+            if (current == null || current.getModerated() != null) {
                 break;
             }
             body.append("\n\n");
@@ -1087,6 +1088,7 @@ public class Message extends AbstractEntity implements AvatarService.Avatarable
 
     public boolean wasMergedIntoPrevious() {
         Message prev = this.prev();
+        if (getModerated() != null && prev.getModerated() != null) return true;
         return prev != null && prev.mergeable(this);
     }