diff --git a/phpBB/includes/ucp/ucp_pm_compose.php b/phpBB/includes/ucp/ucp_pm_compose.php
index 2a2ad48063..d7290070a5 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/ucp/ucp_pm_compose.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/ucp/ucp_pm_compose.php
@@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@ function handle_message_list_actions(&$address_list, &$error, $remove_u, $remove
 		if (sizeof($usernames))
 		{
 			$user_id_ary = array();
-			user_get_id_name($user_id_ary, $usernames, array(USER_NORMAL, USER_FOUNDER, USER_INACTIVE));
+			user_get_id_name($user_id_ary, $usernames, array(USER_NORMAL, USER_FOUNDER));
 
 			// If there are users not existing, we will at least print a notice...
 			if (!sizeof($user_id_ary))
diff --git a/phpBB/memberlist.php b/phpBB/memberlist.php
index 8e2ce4d818..3e6b0a453f 100644
--- a/phpBB/memberlist.php
+++ b/phpBB/memberlist.php
@@ -1696,7 +1696,7 @@ function show_profile($data, $user_notes_enabled = false, $warn_user_enabled = f
 	}
 
 	// Can this user receive a Private Message?
-	$can_receive_pm = ($data['user_type'] <> USER_IGNORE && (($auth->acl_gets('a_', 'm_') || $auth->acl_getf_global('m_')) || ($data['user_allow_pm'] && sizeof($auth->acl_get_list($user_id, 'u_readpm')) && !sizeof(phpbb_get_banned_user_ids($user_id))))) ? true : false;
+	$can_receive_pm = ($data['user_type'] <> USER_IGNORE && $data['user_type'] <> USER_INACTIVE && (($auth->acl_gets('a_', 'm_') || $auth->acl_getf_global('m_')) || ($data['user_allow_pm'] && sizeof($auth->acl_get_list($user_id, 'u_readpm')) && !sizeof(phpbb_get_banned_user_ids($user_id))))) ? true : false;
 
 	// Dump it out to the template
 	return array(
diff --git a/phpBB/viewtopic.php b/phpBB/viewtopic.php
index 10ec6f4ee7..49ed785ec7 100644
--- a/phpBB/viewtopic.php
+++ b/phpBB/viewtopic.php
@@ -1497,7 +1497,7 @@ for ($i = 0, $end = sizeof($post_list); $i < $end; ++$i)
 	)));
 
 	// Can this user receive a Private Message?
-	$can_receive_pm = ($user_cache[$poster_id]['user_type'] <> USER_IGNORE && (($auth->acl_gets('a_', 'm_') || $auth->acl_getf_global('m_')) || ($user_cache[$poster_id]['allow_pm'] && in_array($poster_id, $can_receive_pm_list) && !in_array($poster_id, $banned_users))) ? true : false;
+	$can_receive_pm = ($user_cache[$poster_id]['user_type'] <> USER_IGNORE && $user_cache[$poster_id]['user_type'] <> USER_INACTIVE && (($auth->acl_gets('a_', 'm_') || $auth->acl_getf_global('m_')) || ($user_cache[$poster_id]['allow_pm'] && in_array($poster_id, $can_receive_pm_list) && !in_array($poster_id, $banned_users))) ? true : false;
 
 	//
 	$postrow = array(