diff --git a/app/lib/potential_friendship_tracker.rb b/app/lib/potential_friendship_tracker.rb
index 362482669eb79b15af2c903f73f8d3108c01dc12..017a9748d5f979caa16712c3a2fabe4d185be702 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]