diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentMessages.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentMessages.java
index 914f26e63d..4d57f42b18 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentMessages.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentMessages.java
@@ -654,9 +654,11 @@ public class FragmentMessages extends FragmentEx {
 
                             for (long id : ids) {
                                 EntityMessage message = db.message().getMessage(id);
-                                db.message().setMessageUiSeen(message.id, seen);
-                                db.message().setMessageUiIgnored(message.id, true);
-                                EntityOperation.queue(db, message, EntityOperation.SEEN, seen);
+                                if (message.ui_seen != seen) {
+                                    db.message().setMessageUiSeen(message.id, seen);
+                                    db.message().setMessageUiIgnored(message.id, true);
+                                    EntityOperation.queue(db, message, EntityOperation.SEEN, seen);
+                                }
                             }
 
                             db.setTransactionSuccessful();