diff --git a/app/models/status.rb b/app/models/status.rb
index 9f0299a5110272..719ba3eedacced 100644
--- a/app/models/status.rb
+++ b/app/models/status.rb
@@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ def requires_review_notification?
   def compute_searchability
     local = account.local?
 
+    return 'private' if public_searchability? && account.silenced?
     return 'direct' if unsupported_searchability?
     return searchability if local && !searchability.nil?
     return 'direct' if local || [:public, :private, :direct, :limited].exclude?(account.searchability.to_sym)
diff --git a/spec/models/status_spec.rb b/spec/models/status_spec.rb
index 16210592f4ee74..89f90fc751d26a 100644
--- a/spec/models/status_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/status_spec.rb
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@
     let(:account_searchability) { :public }
     let(:status_searchability) { :public }
     let(:account_domain) { 'example.com' }
-    let(:account) { Fabricate(:account, domain: account_domain, searchability: account_searchability) }
+    let(:silenced_at) { nil }
+    let(:account) { Fabricate(:account, domain: account_domain, searchability: account_searchability, silenced_at: silenced_at) }
 
     context 'when public-public' do
       it 'returns public' do
@@ -128,6 +129,14 @@
       end
     end
 
+    context 'when public-public but silenced' do
+      let(:silenced_at) { Time.now.utc }
+
+      it 'returns private' do
+        expect(subject.compute_searchability).to eq 'private'
+      end
+    end
+
     context 'when public-private' do
       let(:status_searchability) { :private }