diff --git a/src/components/views/context_menus/MessageContextMenu.tsx b/src/components/views/context_menus/MessageContextMenu.tsx
index 836df2d4de8..6d7eebdc0a3 100644
--- a/src/components/views/context_menus/MessageContextMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/context_menus/MessageContextMenu.tsx
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ export default class MessageContextMenu extends React.Component<IProps, IState>
         }
 
         let quoteButton: JSX.Element;
-        if (eventTileOps) { // this event is rendered using TextualBody
+        if (eventTileOps && canSendMessages) { // this event is rendered using TextualBody
             quoteButton = (
                 <IconizedContextMenuOption
                     iconClassName="mx_MessageContextMenu_iconQuote"