diff --git a/Pods b/Pods
index 04c71c59e..a10cec6cd 160000
--- a/Pods
+++ b/Pods
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 04c71c59e4c3b060f8ff96b072efca3a74c4980f
+Subproject commit a10cec6cd837552a4b0a88462636cf06494644c4
diff --git a/SignalServiceKit/src/Loki/Protocol/Friend Requests/FriendRequestProtocol.swift b/SignalServiceKit/src/Loki/Protocol/Friend Requests/FriendRequestProtocol.swift
index ebc7072fa..95ec4e1eb 100644
--- a/SignalServiceKit/src/Loki/Protocol/Friend Requests/FriendRequestProtocol.swift	
+++ b/SignalServiceKit/src/Loki/Protocol/Friend Requests/FriendRequestProtocol.swift	
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ public final class FriendRequestProtocol : NSObject {
             print("[Loki] Invalid Session ID: \(hexEncodedPublicKey).")
             return
         }
+        let ourHexEncodedPublicKey = getUserHexEncodedPublicKey()
+        let ourDevices = LokiDatabaseUtilities.getLinkedDeviceHexEncodedPublicKeys(for: ourHexEncodedPublicKey, in: transaction)
         // Accept all outstanding friend requests associated with this user and try to establish sessions with the
         // subset of their devices that haven't sent a friend request.
         let linkedDevices = LokiDatabaseUtilities.getLinkedDeviceHexEncodedPublicKeys(for: hexEncodedPublicKey, in: transaction)
@@ -116,9 +118,7 @@ public final class FriendRequestProtocol : NSObject {
             if friendRequestStatus == .requestReceived {
                 storage.setFriendRequestStatus(.friends, for: device, transaction: transaction)
                 sendFriendRequestAcceptanceMessage(to: device, using: transaction)
-            } else if friendRequestStatus == .requestSent {
-                // We sent a friend request to this device before, how can we be sure that it hasn't expired?
-            } else if friendRequestStatus == .none || friendRequestStatus == .requestExpired {
+            } else if (friendRequestStatus == .none || friendRequestStatus == .requestExpired) && !ourDevices.contains(device) {
                 // TODO: We should track these so that we can expire them and resend if needed
                 MultiDeviceProtocol.getAutoGeneratedMultiDeviceFRMessageSend(for: device, in: transaction)
                 .done(on: OWSDispatch.sendingQueue()) { autoGeneratedFRMessageSend in
@@ -127,10 +127,12 @@ public final class FriendRequestProtocol : NSObject {
                 }
             }
         }
-        // Send a contact sync message
-        let masterHexEncodedPublicKey = storage.getMasterHexEncodedPublicKey(for: hexEncodedPublicKey, in: transaction) ?? hexEncodedPublicKey
-        let syncManager = SSKEnvironment.shared.syncManager
-        syncManager.syncContact(masterHexEncodedPublicKey, transaction: transaction)
+        // Send a contact sync message if we became friends with another user
+        if (!ourDevices.contains(hexEncodedPublicKey)) {
+            let masterHexEncodedPublicKey = storage.getMasterHexEncodedPublicKey(for: hexEncodedPublicKey, in: transaction) ?? hexEncodedPublicKey
+            let syncManager = SSKEnvironment.shared.syncManager
+            syncManager.syncContact(masterHexEncodedPublicKey, transaction: transaction)
+        }
     }
 
     @objc(sendFriendRequestAcceptanceMessageToHexEncodedPublicKey:using:)
diff --git a/SignalServiceKit/src/Loki/Protocol/Friend Requests/FriendRequestProtocolTests.swift b/SignalServiceKit/src/Loki/Protocol/Friend Requests/FriendRequestProtocolTests.swift
index e28e7d7ec..e521076c1 100644
--- a/SignalServiceKit/src/Loki/Protocol/Friend Requests/FriendRequestProtocolTests.swift	
+++ b/SignalServiceKit/src/Loki/Protocol/Friend Requests/FriendRequestProtocolTests.swift	
@@ -447,6 +447,31 @@ class FriendRequestProtocolTests : XCTestCase {
         }
     }
 
+    func test_acceptFriendRequestShouldNotSendAFriendRequestMessageToOurOwnDevice() {
+        let statuses: [LKFriendRequestStatus] = [ .none, .requestExpired ]
+        for status in statuses {
+            let ourDevice = LokiTestUtilities.getCurrentUserHexEncodedPublicKey()
+            storage.dbReadWriteConnection.readWrite { transaction in
+                self.storage.setFriendRequestStatus(status, for: ourDevice, transaction: transaction)
+            }
+
+            let expectation = self.expectation(description: "sent message")
+
+            let messageSender = self.messageSender
+            messageSender.sendMessageWasCalledBlock = { sentMessage in
+                XCTFail("Expected message to not be sent")
+            }
+
+            storage.dbReadWriteConnection.readWrite { transaction in
+                FriendRequestProtocol.acceptFriendRequest(from: ourDevice, using: transaction)
+            }
+
+            expectation.fulfillAfter(2)
+            wait(for: [ expectation ], timeout: 2)
+            messageSender.sendMessageWasCalledBlock = nil
+        }
+    }
+
     func test_acceptFriendRequestShouldNotDoAnythingIfRequestHasBeenSent() {
         // Case: We sent Bob a friend request.
         // We can't accept because we don't have keys to communicate with Bob.
diff --git a/SignalServiceKit/src/Loki/Utilities/LokiTestUtilities.swift b/SignalServiceKit/src/Loki/Utilities/LokiTestUtilities.swift
index 1f3187ec3..9a09bd5e6 100644
--- a/SignalServiceKit/src/Loki/Utilities/LokiTestUtilities.swift
+++ b/SignalServiceKit/src/Loki/Utilities/LokiTestUtilities.swift
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ enum LokiTestUtilities {
         return Curve25519.generateKeyPair()
     }
 
+    public static func getCurrentUserHexEncodedPublicKey() -> String {
+        return OWSIdentityManager.shared().identityKeyPair()!.hexEncodedPublicKey
+    }
+
     public static func generateHexEncodedPublicKey() -> String {
         return generateKeyPair().hexEncodedPublicKey
     }