diff --git a/addons/mail/static/src/js/chat_manager.js b/addons/mail/static/src/js/chat_manager.js
index adf1b5f6b57..c9cf65ac883 100644
--- a/addons/mail/static/src/js/chat_manager.js
+++ b/addons/mail/static/src/js/chat_manager.js
@@ -148,6 +148,13 @@ function make_message (data) {
                                msg.email_from || _t('Anonymous');
     }
 
+    // Don't redirect on author clicked of self-posted messages
+    if (msg.author_id && msg.author_id[0] === session.partner_id) {
+        msg.author_redirect = false;
+    } else {
+        msg.author_redirect = true;
+    }
+
     // Compute the avatar_url
     if (msg.author_id && msg.author_id[0]) {
         msg.avatar_src = "/web/image/res.partner/" + msg.author_id[0] + "/image_small";
diff --git a/addons/mail/static/src/xml/thread.xml b/addons/mail/static/src/xml/thread.xml
index ebf6687c1a3..48ba98659b2 100644
--- a/addons/mail/static/src/xml/thread.xml
+++ b/addons/mail/static/src/xml/thread.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
                         t-att-src="message.avatar_src"
                         data-oe-model="res.partner"
                         t-att-data-oe-id="message.author_id[0]"
-                        class="o_thread_message_avatar o_mail_redirect"/>
+                        t-attf-class="o_thread_message_avatar #{message.author_redirect ? 'o_mail_redirect' : ''}"/>
                 </t>
                 <t t-if="message.mailto || !message.author_id[0]">
                     <img t-if="message.avatar_src &amp;&amp; message.display_author"
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
                     </strong>
                     <strong t-if="!message.mailto &amp;&amp; message.author_id[0]"
                             data-oe-model="res.partner" t-att-data-oe-id="message.author_id[0]"
-                            class="o_mail_redirect">
+                            t-attf-class="#{message.author_redirect ? 'o_mail_redirect' : ''}">
                         <t t-esc="message.displayed_author"/>
                     </strong>
                     <strong t-if="!message.mailto &amp;&amp; !message.author_id[0]">