diff --git a/lib/shared/thread-utils.js b/lib/shared/thread-utils.js
--- a/lib/shared/thread-utils.js
+++ b/lib/shared/thread-utils.js
@@ -173,10 +173,11 @@
         return hasPermission(threadInfo.currentUser.permissions, permission);
       }
 
-      const threadFrozen = threadFrozenDueToBlock(
+      const threadFrozen = innerThreadFrozenDueToBlock(
         threadInfo,
         loggedInUserInfo.id,
         userInfos,
+        true,
       );
 
       const permissions = threadFrozen
@@ -876,15 +877,21 @@
   };
 }
 
+type ThreadIsWithBlockedUserOnlyOptions = {
+  +checkOnlyViewerBlock: boolean,
+  +skipMemberAdminRoleCheck: boolean,
+};
+
 function threadIsWithBlockedUserOnly(
   threadInfo: LegacyRawThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo | ThreadInfo,
   viewerID: ?string,
   userInfos: UserInfos,
-  checkOnlyViewerBlock: boolean,
+  options: ThreadIsWithBlockedUserOnlyOptions,
 ): boolean {
+  const { checkOnlyViewerBlock, skipMemberAdminRoleCheck } = options;
   if (
     threadOrParentThreadIsGroupChat(threadInfo) ||
-    threadOrParentThreadHasAdminRole(threadInfo)
+    (!skipMemberAdminRoleCheck && threadOrParentThreadHasAdminRole(threadInfo))
   ) {
     return false;
   }
@@ -908,12 +915,26 @@
   );
 }
 
+function innerThreadFrozenDueToBlock(
+  threadInfo: LegacyRawThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo | ThreadInfo,
+  viewerID: ?string,
+  userInfos: UserInfos,
+  skipMemberAdminRoleCheck: boolean,
+): boolean {
+  const options: ThreadIsWithBlockedUserOnlyOptions = {
+    checkOnlyViewerBlock: false,
+    skipMemberAdminRoleCheck,
+  };
+
+  return threadIsWithBlockedUserOnly(threadInfo, viewerID, userInfos, options);
+}
+
 function threadFrozenDueToBlock(
   threadInfo: LegacyRawThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo | ThreadInfo,
   viewerID: ?string,
   userInfos: UserInfos,
 ): boolean {
-  return threadIsWithBlockedUserOnly(threadInfo, viewerID, userInfos, false);
+  return innerThreadFrozenDueToBlock(threadInfo, viewerID, userInfos, false);
 }
 
 function threadFrozenDueToViewerBlock(
@@ -922,7 +943,12 @@
   viewerID: ?string,
   userInfos: UserInfos,
 ): boolean {
-  return threadIsWithBlockedUserOnly(threadInfo, viewerID, userInfos, true);
+  const options: ThreadIsWithBlockedUserOnlyOptions = {
+    checkOnlyViewerBlock: true,
+    skipMemberAdminRoleCheck: false,
+  };
+
+  return threadIsWithBlockedUserOnly(threadInfo, viewerID, userInfos, options);
 }
 
 const threadTypeDescriptions: { [ThreadType]: string } = {