diff --git a/app/lib/potential_friendship_tracker.rb b/app/lib/potential_friendship_tracker.rb
index 362482669..017a9748d 100644
--- a/app/lib/potential_friendship_tracker.rb
+++ b/app/lib/potential_friendship_tracker.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ class PotentialFriendshipTracker
 
   class << self
     def record(account_id, target_account_id, action)
+      return if account_id == target_account_id
+
       key    = "interactions:#{account_id}"
       weight = WEIGHTS[action]