diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/actions/statuses.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/actions/statuses.js
index 54b2e02b2a0348..d74540863d017b 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/actions/statuses.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/actions/statuses.js
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import { browserHistory } from 'mastodon/components/router';
+import { me } from 'mastodon/initial_state';
 
 import api from '../api';
 
+import { fetchRelationships } from './accounts';
 import { ensureComposeIsVisible, setComposeToStatus } from './compose';
 import { importFetchedStatus, importFetchedStatuses, importFetchedAccount } from './importer';
 import { deleteFromTimelines } from './timelines';
@@ -65,6 +67,12 @@ export function fetchStatus(id, forceFetch = false) {
 
     api().get(`/api/v1/statuses/${id}`).then(response => {
       dispatch(importFetchedStatus(response.data));
+
+      const accountId = response.data.account.id;
+      if (me && !getState().getIn(['relationships', accountId])) {
+        dispatch(fetchRelationships([accountId]));
+      }
+
       dispatch(fetchStatusSuccess(skipLoading));
     }).catch(error => {
       dispatch(fetchStatusFail(id, error, skipLoading));
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status_action_bar.jsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status_action_bar.jsx
index 1627661ac1cda5..471720c54bab35 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status_action_bar.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status_action_bar.jsx
@@ -478,8 +478,8 @@ class StatusActionBar extends ImmutablePureComponent {
 
     const emojiReactionAvailableServer = !isHideItem('emoji_reaction_unavailable_server') || account.getIn(['server_features', 'emoji_reaction']);
     const emojiReactionPolicy = account.getIn(['other_settings', 'emoji_reaction_policy']) || 'allow';
-    const following = emojiReactionPolicy !== 'following_only' || (relationship && relationship.get('following'));
-    const followed = emojiReactionPolicy !== 'followers_only' || (relationship && relationship.get('followed_by'));
+    const following = emojiReactionPolicy !== 'followers_only' || (relationship && relationship.get('following'));
+    const followed = emojiReactionPolicy !== 'following_only' || (relationship && relationship.get('followed_by'));
     const mutual = emojiReactionPolicy !== 'mutuals_only' || (relationship && relationship.get('following') && relationship.get('followed_by'));
     const outside = emojiReactionPolicy !== 'outside_only' || (relationship && (relationship.get('following') || relationship.get('followed_by')));
     const denyFromAll = emojiReactionPolicy !== 'block' && emojiReactionPolicy !== 'block';
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/status/components/action_bar.jsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/status/components/action_bar.jsx
index c555a8c8db695f..17d15edbe0bce7 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/status/components/action_bar.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/status/components/action_bar.jsx
@@ -394,8 +394,8 @@ class ActionBar extends PureComponent {
 
     const emojiReactionAvailableServer = !isHideItem('emoji_reaction_unavailable_server') || account.getIn(['server_features', 'emoji_reaction']);
     const emojiReactionPolicy = account.getIn(['other_settings', 'emoji_reaction_policy']) || 'allow';
-    const following = emojiReactionPolicy !== 'following_only' || (relationship && relationship.get('following'));
-    const followed = emojiReactionPolicy !== 'followers_only' || (relationship && relationship.get('followed_by'));
+    const following = emojiReactionPolicy !== 'followers_only' || (relationship && relationship.get('following'));
+    const followed = emojiReactionPolicy !== 'following_only' || (relationship && relationship.get('followed_by'));
     const mutual = emojiReactionPolicy !== 'mutuals_only' || (relationship && relationship.get('following') && relationship.get('followed_by'));
     const outside = emojiReactionPolicy !== 'outside_only' || (relationship && (relationship.get('following') || relationship.get('followed_by')));
     const denyFromAll = emojiReactionPolicy !== 'block' && emojiReactionPolicy !== 'block';