diff --git a/src/components/views/right_panel/PinnedMessagesCard.tsx b/src/components/views/right_panel/PinnedMessagesCard.tsx
index d6a5139b5e..1b110a76c3 100644
--- a/src/components/views/right_panel/PinnedMessagesCard.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/right_panel/PinnedMessagesCard.tsx
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ const PinnedMessagesCard = ({ room, onClose }: IProps) => {
         const promises = pinnedEventIds.map(async eventId => {
             const timelineSet = room.getUnfilteredTimelineSet();
             const localEvent = timelineSet?.getTimelineForEvent(eventId)?.getEvents().find(e => e.getId() === eventId);
-            if (localEvent) return localEvent;
+            if (localEvent) return PinningUtils.isPinnable(localEvent) ? localEvent : null;
 
             try {
                 // Fetch the event and latest edit in parallel
diff --git a/test/components/views/right_panel/PinnedMessagesCard-test.tsx b/test/components/views/right_panel/PinnedMessagesCard-test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3c0fb73aa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/components/views/right_panel/PinnedMessagesCard-test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2022 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+import React from "react";
+import { mount } from "enzyme";
+import { act } from "react-dom/test-utils";
+import { MatrixEvent } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/models/event";
+import { EventType } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/@types/event";
+
+import "../../../skinned-sdk";
+import { stubClient, wrapInMatrixClientContext, mkStubRoom, mkEvent } from "../../../test-utils";
+import { MatrixClientPeg } from "../../../../src/MatrixClientPeg";
+import _PinnedMessagesCard from "../../../../src/components/views/right_panel/PinnedMessagesCard";
+import PinnedEventTile from "../../../../src/components/views/rooms/PinnedEventTile";
+
+describe("<PinnedMessagesCard />", () => {
+    stubClient();
+    const cli = MatrixClientPeg.get();
+    cli.setRoomAccountData = () => {};
+    cli.relations = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({ events: [] });
+    const PinnedMessagesCard = wrapInMatrixClientContext(_PinnedMessagesCard);
+
+    const mkRoom = (localPins: MatrixEvent[], nonLocalPins: MatrixEvent[]) => {
+        const pins = [...localPins, ...nonLocalPins];
+        const room = mkStubRoom();
+
+        // Insert pin IDs into room state
+        const pinState = mkEvent({
+            event: true,
+            type: EventType.RoomPinnedEvents,
+            content: {
+                pinned: pins.map(e => e.getId()),
+            },
+        });
+        room.currentState.getStateEvents.mockReturnValue(pinState);
+
+        // Insert local pins into local timeline set
+        room.getUnfilteredTimelineSet = () => ({
+            getTimelineForEvent: () => ({
+                getEvents: () => localPins,
+            }),
+        });
+
+        // Return all pins over fetchRoomEvent
+        cli.fetchRoomEvent = (roomId, eventId) => pins.find(e => e.getId() === eventId)?.event;
+
+        return room;
+    };
+
+    it("hides unpinnable events found in local timeline", async () => {
+        // Redacted messages are unpinnable
+        const pin = mkEvent({
+            event: true,
+            type: EventType.RoomMessage,
+            content: {},
+            unsigned: { redacted_because: {} },
+        });
+
+        let pins;
+        await act(async () => {
+            pins = mount(<PinnedMessagesCard room={mkRoom([pin], [])} onClose={() => {}} />);
+            // Wait a tick for state updates
+            await new Promise(resolve => setImmediate(resolve));
+        });
+        pins.update();
+        expect(pins.find(PinnedEventTile).length).toBe(0);
+    });
+
+    it("hides unpinnable events not found in local timeline", async () => {
+        // Redacted messages are unpinnable
+        const pin = mkEvent({
+            event: true,
+            type: EventType.RoomMessage,
+            content: {},
+            unsigned: { redacted_because: {} },
+        });
+
+        let pins;
+        await act(async () => {
+            pins = mount(<PinnedMessagesCard room={mkRoom([], [pin])} onClose={() => {}} />);
+            // Wait a tick for state updates
+            await new Promise(resolve => setImmediate(resolve));
+        });
+        pins.update();
+        expect(pins.find(PinnedEventTile).length).toBe(0);
+    });
+});
diff --git a/test/test-utils/test-utils.ts b/test/test-utils/test-utils.ts
index a894faf550..747aa9ab1b 100644
--- a/test/test-utils/test-utils.ts
+++ b/test/test-utils/test-utils.ts
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ export function mkEvent(opts: MakeEventProps): MatrixEvent {
         prev_content: opts.prev_content,
         event_id: "$" + Math.random() + "-" + Math.random(),
         origin_server_ts: opts.ts,
+        unsigned: opts.unsigned,
     };
     if (opts.skey) {
         event.state_key = opts.skey;