diff --git a/src/status_im/chat/models/message.cljs b/src/status_im/chat/models/message.cljs
index ff84e5314a..4199e4cd0a 100644
--- a/src/status_im/chat/models/message.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/chat/models/message.cljs
@@ -137,10 +137,11 @@
                [{:ms 100 :dispatch [:chat/add-senders-to-chat-users (vals senders)]}]))}))
 
 (defn reduce-js-statuses [db ^js message-js]
-  (let [chat-id (.-localChatId message-js)
+  (let [chat-id             (.-localChatId message-js)
         profile-initialized (get-in db [:pagination-info chat-id :messages-initialized?])
-        timeline-message (timeline-message? db chat-id)]
-    (if (or profile-initialized timeline-message)
+        timeline-message    (timeline-message? db chat-id)
+        old-message         (get-in db [:messages chat-id (.-id message-js)])]
+    (if (and (or profile-initialized timeline-message) (nil? old-message))
       (let [{:keys [message-id] :as message} (data-store.messages/<-rpc (types/js->clj message-js))]
         (cond-> db
           profile-initialized
@@ -233,4 +234,4 @@
   {:db (reduce (fn [acc current]
                  (update-in acc [:messages (:chatId current)] remove-cleared-message (:clearedAt current)))
                db
-               cleared-histories)})
\ No newline at end of file
+               cleared-histories)})