diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Profile/ProfileStatusesViewController.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Profile/ProfileStatusesViewController.swift
index de377ebd..4a6d49e8 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Profile/ProfileStatusesViewController.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Profile/ProfileStatusesViewController.swift
@@ -222,7 +222,17 @@ class ProfileStatusesViewController: UIViewController, TimelineLikeCollectionVie
         }
         
         var snapshot = dataSource.snapshot()
-        let items = statuses.map { Item.status(id: $0.id, state: .unknown, pinned: true) }
+        let existingPinned = snapshot.itemIdentifiers(inSection: .pinned)
+        let items = statuses.map {
+            let item = Item.status(id: $0.id, state: .unknown, pinned: true)
+            // try to keep the existing status state
+            if let existing = existingPinned.first(where: { $0 == item }) {
+                return existing
+            } else {
+                return item
+            }
+        }
+        snapshot.deleteItems(snapshot.itemIdentifiers(inSection: .pinned))
         snapshot.appendItems(items, toSection: .pinned)
         await apply(snapshot, animatingDifferences: true)
     }