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
@@ -172,10 +172,11 @@
         return hasPermission(threadInfo.currentUser.permissions, permission);
       }
 
-      const threadFrozen = threadFrozenDueToBlock(
+      const threadFrozen = innerThreadFrozenDueToBlock(
         threadInfo,
         loggedInUserInfo.id,
         userInfos,
+        true,
       );
 
       const permissions = threadFrozen
@@ -880,10 +881,11 @@
   viewerID: ?string,
   userInfos: UserInfos,
   checkOnlyViewerBlock: boolean,
+  skipMemberAdminRoleCheck: boolean,
 ): boolean {
   if (
     threadOrParentThreadIsGroupChat(threadInfo) ||
-    threadOrParentThreadHasAdminRole(threadInfo)
+    (!skipMemberAdminRoleCheck && threadOrParentThreadHasAdminRole(threadInfo))
   ) {
     return false;
   }
@@ -907,12 +909,27 @@
   );
 }
 
+function innerThreadFrozenDueToBlock(
+  threadInfo: LegacyRawThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo | ThreadInfo,
+  viewerID: ?string,
+  userInfos: UserInfos,
+  skipMemberAdminRoleCheck: boolean,
+): boolean {
+  return threadIsWithBlockedUserOnly(
+    threadInfo,
+    viewerID,
+    userInfos,
+    false,
+    skipMemberAdminRoleCheck,
+  );
+}
+
 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(
@@ -921,7 +938,13 @@
   viewerID: ?string,
   userInfos: UserInfos,
 ): boolean {
-  return threadIsWithBlockedUserOnly(threadInfo, viewerID, userInfos, true);
+  return threadIsWithBlockedUserOnly(
+    threadInfo,
+    viewerID,
+    userInfos,
+    true,
+    false,
+  );
 }
 
 const threadTypeDescriptions: { [ThreadType]: string } = {