diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/persistance/DatabaseBackend.java b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/persistance/DatabaseBackend.java
index 3c06561e9..84853193e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/persistance/DatabaseBackend.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/persistance/DatabaseBackend.java
@@ -1095,7 +1095,7 @@ public class DatabaseBackend extends SQLiteOpenHelper {
 
             try(final Cursor cursor = db.query(Conversation.TABLENAME, null,
                     Conversation.ACCOUNT + "=? AND (" + Conversation.CONTACTJID
-                            + " like ? OR " + Conversation.CONTACTJID + "=?)", selectionArgs, null, null, null)) {
+                            + " like ? OR " + Conversation.CONTACTJID + "=?) AND " + Conversation.NEXT_COUNTERPART + " =NULL", selectionArgs, null, null, null)) {
                 if (cursor.getCount() == 0) {
                     return null;
                 }