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
@@ -934,6 +934,31 @@
   return threadIsWithBlockedUserOnly(threadInfo, viewerID, userInfos, options);
 }
 
+function useThreadFrozenDueToViewersBlock(
+  threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
+  communityThreadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
+  viewerID: ?string,
+  userInfos: UserInfos,
+): boolean {
+  const communityRootsMembersToRole = useCommunityRootMembersToRole(
+    communityThreadInfo ? [communityThreadInfo] : [],
+  );
+  const memberToRole = communityRootsMembersToRole?.[communityThreadInfo?.id];
+
+  const memberHasAdminRole = threadMembersWithoutAddedAdmin(threadInfo).some(
+    m => roleIsAdminRole(memberToRole?.[m.id]),
+  );
+  if (memberHasAdminRole) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  const options: ThreadIsWithBlockedUserOnlyOptions = {
+    checkOnlyViewerBlock: true,
+    skipMemberAdminRoleCheck: true,
+  };
+  return threadIsWithBlockedUserOnly(threadInfo, viewerID, userInfos, options);
+}
+
 const threadTypeDescriptions: { [ThreadType]: string } = {
   [threadTypes.COMMUNITY_OPEN_SUBTHREAD]:
     'Anybody in the parent channel can see an open subchannel.',
@@ -1626,6 +1651,7 @@
   filterOutDisabledPermissions,
   threadFrozenDueToBlock,
   threadFrozenDueToViewerBlock,
+  useThreadFrozenDueToViewersBlock,
   rawThreadInfoFromServerThreadInfo,
   threadUIName,
   threadInfoFromRawThreadInfo,
diff --git a/native/chat/chat-input-bar.react.js b/native/chat/chat-input-bar.react.js
--- a/native/chat/chat-input-bar.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/chat-input-bar.react.js
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
   checkIfDefaultMembersAreVoiced,
   draftKeyFromThreadID,
   threadActualMembers,
-  threadFrozenDueToViewerBlock,
+  useThreadFrozenDueToViewersBlock,
   useThreadHasPermission,
   viewerIsMember,
 } from 'lib/shared/thread-utils.js';
@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@
   +typeaheadMatchedStrings: ?TypeaheadMatchedStrings,
   +currentUserIsVoiced: boolean,
   +currentUserCanJoin: boolean,
+  +threadFrozen: boolean,
 };
 type State = {
   +text: string,
@@ -701,12 +702,7 @@
     if (this.shouldShowTextInput) {
       content = this.renderInput();
     } 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 = (
@@ -1269,6 +1265,13 @@
     community ? threadInfoSelector(state)[community] : null,
   );
 
+  const threadFrozen = useThreadFrozenDueToViewersBlock(
+    props.threadInfo,
+    communityThreadInfo,
+    viewerID,
+    userInfos,
+  );
+
   const userMentionsCandidates = useUserMentionsCandidates(
     props.threadInfo,
     parentThreadInfo,
@@ -1376,6 +1379,7 @@
       typeaheadMatchedStrings={typeaheadMatchedStrings}
       currentUserIsVoiced={currentUserIsVoiced}
       currentUserCanJoin={currentUserCanJoin}
+      threadFrozen={threadFrozen}
     />
   );
 }