diff --git a/src/messaging/index.js b/src/messaging/index.js
index 789b6de2a0..c5e9dfe9d0 100644
--- a/src/messaging/index.js
+++ b/src/messaging/index.js
@@ -380,6 +380,7 @@ Messaging.canMessageRoom = async (uid, roomId) => {
 		Messaging.isUserInRoom(uid, roomId),
 		privileges.global.can('chat', uid),
 		checkReputation(uid),
+		user.checkMuted(uid),
 	]);
 	if (!roomData) {
 		throw new Error('[[error:no-room]]');
diff --git a/src/user/posts.js b/src/user/posts.js
index 9ca31cd6e7..26b0f348bf 100644
--- a/src/user/posts.js
+++ b/src/user/posts.js
@@ -13,6 +13,20 @@ module.exports = function (User) {
 		await isReady(uid, cid, 'lastqueuetime');
 	};
 
+	User.checkMuted = async function (uid) {
+		const now = Date.now();
+		const mutedUntil = await User.getUserField(uid, 'mutedUntil');
+		if (mutedUntil > now) {
+			let muteLeft = ((mutedUntil - now) / (1000 * 60));
+			if (muteLeft > 60) {
+				muteLeft = (muteLeft / 60).toFixed(0);
+				throw new Error(`[[error:user-muted-for-hours, ${muteLeft}]]`);
+			} else {
+				throw new Error(`[[error:user-muted-for-minutes, ${muteLeft.toFixed(0)}]]`);
+			}
+		}
+	};
+
 	async function isReady(uid, cid, field) {
 		if (parseInt(uid, 10) === 0) {
 			return;
@@ -30,17 +44,9 @@ module.exports = function (User) {
 			return;
 		}
 
-		const now = Date.now();
-		if (userData.mutedUntil > now) {
-			let muteLeft = ((userData.mutedUntil - now) / (1000 * 60));
-			if (muteLeft > 60) {
-				muteLeft = (muteLeft / 60).toFixed(0);
-				throw new Error(`[[error:user-muted-for-hours, ${muteLeft}]]`);
-			} else {
-				throw new Error(`[[error:user-muted-for-minutes, ${muteLeft.toFixed(0)}]]`);
-			}
-		}
+		await User.checkMuted(uid);
 
+		const now = Date.now();
 		if (now - userData.joindate < meta.config.initialPostDelay * 1000) {
 			throw new Error(`[[error:user-too-new, ${meta.config.initialPostDelay}]]`);
 		}
diff --git a/test/messaging.js b/test/messaging.js
index 2e5af6b60c..c829eb5077 100644
--- a/test/messaging.js
+++ b/test/messaging.js
@@ -113,6 +113,28 @@ describe('Messaging Library', () => {
 				});
 			});
 		});
+
+		it('should not allow messaging room if user is muted', async () => {
+			const twoMinutesFromNow = Date.now() + (2 * 60 * 1000);
+			const twoHoursFromNow = Date.now() + (2 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
+			const roomId = 0;
+
+			await User.setUserField(mocks.users.herp.uid, 'mutedUntil', twoMinutesFromNow);
+			await assert.rejects(Messaging.canMessageRoom(mocks.users.herp.uid, roomId), (err) => {
+				assert(err.message.startsWith('[[error:user-muted-for-minutes,'));
+				return true;
+			});
+
+			await User.setUserField(mocks.users.herp.uid, 'mutedUntil', twoHoursFromNow);
+			await assert.rejects(Messaging.canMessageRoom(mocks.users.herp.uid, roomId), (err) => {
+				assert(err.message.startsWith('[[error:user-muted-for-hours,'));
+				return true;
+			});
+			await db.deleteObjectField(`user:${mocks.users.herp.uid}`, 'mutedUntil');
+			await assert.rejects(Messaging.canMessageRoom(mocks.users.herp.uid, roomId), {
+				message: '[[error:no-room]]',
+			});
+		});
 	});
 
 	describe('rooms', () => {