diff --git a/src/contactmodel.cpp b/src/contactmodel.cpp
index 5d2824507bfc45dd96665d526554c2d5b5df7010..51e1fc0f8da5bab52bc5086a7784112a46b3c4ed 100644
--- a/src/contactmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/contactmodel.cpp
@@ -181,7 +181,8 @@ ContactModel::pendingRequestCount() const
     int pendingRequestCount = 0;
     auto i = std::for_each(pimpl_->contacts.begin(), pimpl_->contacts.end(),
         [&pendingRequestCount] (const auto& c) {
-            pendingRequestCount += static_cast<int>(c.second.profileInfo.type == profile::Type::PENDING);
+            if (!c.second.isBanned)
+                pendingRequestCount += static_cast<int>(c.second.profileInfo.type == profile::Type::PENDING);
         });
     return pendingRequestCount;
 }
diff --git a/test/contactmodeltester.cpp b/test/contactmodeltester.cpp
index fa0cd4b9685ca3b0492d9bae8df206b4764ba8a2..83193187d9578f97490c59cc644342b733944ea9 100644
--- a/test/contactmodeltester.cpp
+++ b/test/contactmodeltester.cpp
@@ -237,6 +237,17 @@ ContactModelTester::testCountPendingRequests()
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(accInfo_.contactModel->pendingRequestCount(), 1);
 }
 
+void
+ContactModelTester::testCountPendingRequestsWithBlockedContact()
+{
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(accInfo_.contactModel->hasPendingRequests());
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(accInfo_.contactModel->pendingRequestCount(), 1);
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_NO_THROW(accInfo_.contactModel->getContact("pending0"));
+    accInfo_.contactModel->removeContact("pending0", true);
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(!accInfo_.contactModel->hasPendingRequests());
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(accInfo_.contactModel->pendingRequestCount(), 0);
+}
+
 void
 ContactModelTester::tearDown()
 {
diff --git a/test/contactmodeltester.h b/test/contactmodeltester.h
index f32510f6c82405c6382073e985deaf894cf71988..4ea98736db8bc107d020cd4da449f8368207202c 100644
--- a/test/contactmodeltester.h
+++ b/test/contactmodeltester.h
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ public:
      * Count contact requests
      */
     void testCountPendingRequests();
+    /**
+     * Count contact requests when banned contacts exists
+     */
+    void testCountPendingRequestsWithBlockedContact();
     /**
      * Method automatically called after each test by CppUnit
      */