diff --git a/Signal/src/ViewControllers/ConversationView/CV/CVItemViewState.swift b/Signal/src/ViewControllers/ConversationView/CV/CVItemViewState.swift
index c5b72df59d..88e1ffa9c1 100644
--- a/Signal/src/ViewControllers/ConversationView/CV/CVItemViewState.swift
+++ b/Signal/src/ViewControllers/ConversationView/CV/CVItemViewState.swift
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ struct CVItemModelBuilder: CVItemBuilding, Dependencies {
                 else {
                     return
                 }
-                previousItem.itemViewState.shouldCollapseSystemMessageAction = previousAci != currentAci
+                previousItem.itemViewState.shouldCollapseSystemMessageAction = previousAci == currentAci
             default:
                 // always collapse matching types
                 previousItem.itemViewState.shouldCollapseSystemMessageAction