diff --git a/src/chat.rs b/src/chat.rs
index 1c2d6ad554..9fed7cbc5d 100644
--- a/src/chat.rs
+++ b/src/chat.rs
@@ -3324,21 +3324,19 @@ pub async fn marknoticed_chat(context: &Context, chat_id: ChatId) -> Result<()>
                     AND chat_id=?",
                 (MessageState::InNoticed, MessageState::InFresh, chat_id),
             )?;
+            // This is mainly for reactions. We don't select `InNoticed` messages because they are
+            // normally a result of `mark_old_messages_as_noticed()` which happens on all devices
+            // anyway.
             let mut stmt = conn.prepare(
                 "SELECT id FROM msgs
-                    WHERE state>=? AND state<?
-                    AND hidden=1
-                    AND chat_id=?
+                    WHERE state=? AND hidden=1 AND chat_id=?
                     ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 100",
             )?;
             let hidden_msgs = stmt
-                .query_map(
-                    (MessageState::InFresh, MessageState::InSeen, chat_id),
-                    |row| {
-                        let id: MsgId = row.get(0)?;
-                        Ok(id)
-                    },
-                )?
+                .query_map((MessageState::InFresh, chat_id), |row| {
+                    let id: MsgId = row.get(0)?;
+                    Ok(id)
+                })?
                 .collect::<std::result::Result<Vec<_>, _>>()?;
             Ok((nr_msgs_noticed, hidden_msgs))
         };
diff --git a/src/sql/migrations.rs b/src/sql/migrations.rs
index 06ed60cdff..9044f8f82b 100644
--- a/src/sql/migrations.rs
+++ b/src/sql/migrations.rs
@@ -1070,6 +1070,19 @@ CREATE INDEX msgs_status_updates_index2 ON msgs_status_updates (uid);
         .await?;
     }
 
+    inc_and_check(&mut migration_version, 124)?;
+    if dbversion < migration_version {
+        // As now incoming reactions are added as hidden `InFresh` messages, just in case make
+        // existing hidden `InFresh` ones `InNoticed`. Currently we don't create such messages other
+        // than reactions, and even they are only becoming such now, but we can't inspect all
+        // previous core versions.
+        sql.execute_migration(
+            "UPDATE msgs SET state=13 WHERE state=10 AND hidden=1",
+            migration_version,
+        )
+        .await?;
+    }
+
     let new_version = sql
         .get_raw_config_int(VERSION_CFG)
         .await?