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
@@ -944,20 +944,6 @@
   return innerThreadFrozenDueToBlock(threadInfo, viewerID, userInfos, false);
 }
 
-function threadFrozenDueToViewerBlock(
-  threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
-  communityThreadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
-  viewerID: ?string,
-  userInfos: UserInfos,
-): boolean {
-  const options: ThreadIsWithBlockedUserOnlyOptions = {
-    checkOnlyViewerBlock: true,
-    skipMemberAdminRoleCheck: false,
-  };
-
-  return threadIsWithBlockedUserOnly(threadInfo, viewerID, userInfos, options);
-}
-
 function useThreadFrozenDueToViewerBlock(
   threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   communityThreadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
@@ -1686,7 +1672,6 @@
   pendingThreadType,
   filterOutDisabledPermissions,
   threadFrozenDueToBlock,
-  threadFrozenDueToViewerBlock,
   useThreadFrozenDueToViewerBlock,
   rawThreadInfoFromServerThreadInfo,
   threadUIName,
diff --git a/web/chat/chat-input-bar.react.js b/web/chat/chat-input-bar.react.js
--- a/web/chat/chat-input-bar.react.js
+++ b/web/chat/chat-input-bar.react.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 import {
   checkIfDefaultMembersAreVoiced,
   threadActualMembers,
-  threadFrozenDueToViewerBlock,
+  useThreadFrozenDueToViewerBlock,
   useThreadHasPermission,
   viewerIsMember,
 } from 'lib/shared/thread-utils.js';
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
   +communityThreadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
   +currentUserIsVoiced: boolean,
   +currentUserCanJoinThread: boolean,
+  +threadFrozen: boolean,
 };
 
 class ChatInputBar extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
@@ -343,12 +344,7 @@
         </div>
       );
     } else if (
-      threadFrozenDueToViewerBlock(
-        this.props.threadInfo,
-        this.props.communityThreadInfo,
-        this.props.viewerID,
-        this.props.userInfos,
-      ) &&
+      this.props.threadFrozen &&
       threadActualMembers(this.props.threadInfo.members).length === 2
     ) {
       content = (
@@ -593,6 +589,13 @@
       community ? threadInfoSelector(state)[community] : null,
     );
 
+    const threadFrozen = useThreadFrozenDueToViewerBlock(
+      props.threadInfo,
+      communityThreadInfo,
+      viewerID,
+      userInfos,
+    );
+
     const currentUserIsVoiced = useThreadHasPermission(
       props.threadInfo,
       threadPermissions.VOICED,
@@ -685,6 +688,7 @@
         communityThreadInfo={communityThreadInfo}
         currentUserIsVoiced={currentUserIsVoiced}
         currentUserCanJoinThread={currentUserCanJoinThread}
+        threadFrozen={threadFrozen}
       />
     );
   });