diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/Config.java b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/Config.java
index a8494d68cd60842ed3e63b44fb2b2d84d2f55456..7cbe703464df2867b6a5a3eef2795043a9359117 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/Config.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/Config.java
@@ -205,5 +205,5 @@ public final class Config {
     // How deep nested quotes should be displayed. '2' means one quote nested in another.
     public static final int QUOTE_MAX_DEPTH = 3;
     // How deep nested quotes should be created on quoting a message.
-    public static final int QUOTING_MAX_DEPTH = QUOTE_MAX_DEPTH - 1;
+    public static final int QUOTING_MAX_DEPTH = QUOTE_MAX_DEPTH;
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/util/QuoteHelper.java b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/util/QuoteHelper.java
index cc539f1ef92419487bbfb4af101f0b8a53e89aa0..2502f3682bc4b29f37f5e071338f5083d49d8335 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/util/QuoteHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/util/QuoteHelper.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public class QuoteHelper {
                 if (isPositionQuoteCharacter(line, i)) {
                     nestingDepth++;
                 }
-                if (nestingDepth > (Config.QUOTING_MAX_DEPTH)) {
+                if (nestingDepth > (Config.QUOTING_MAX_DEPTH - 1)) {
                     return true;
                 }
             }