1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/webapp/components/post_view/components/post_list.jsx b/webapp/components/post_view/components/post_list.jsx
index 157e0dde2..b3b83dfd6 100644
--- a/webapp/components/post_view/components/post_list.jsx
+++ b/webapp/components/post_view/components/post_list.jsx
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ export default class PostList extends React.Component {
 
             if (commentRootId) {
                 for (const postId in posts) {
-                    if (posts[postId].root_id === commentRootId) {
+                    if (posts[postId].root_id === commentRootId && !PostUtils.isSystemMessage(posts[postId])) {
                         commentCount += 1;
                         if (posts[postId].user_id === userId) {
                             shouldHighlightThreads = true;