diff --git a/include/enotify.php b/include/enotify.php
index becf672b2a..6a66c8fa09 100644
--- a/include/enotify.php
+++ b/include/enotify.php
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ function notification($params)
 	}
 
 	if ($params['type'] == NOTIFY_COMMENT || $params['type'] == NOTIFY_TAGSELF) {
-		$thread = Item::selectFirstThreadForUser($params['uid'], ['ignored'], ['iid' => $parent_id]);
+		$thread = Item::selectFirstThreadForUser($params['uid'], ['ignored'], ['iid' => $parent_id, 'deleted' => false]);
 		if (DBA::isResult($thread) && $thread['ignored']) {
 			Logger::log('Thread ' . $parent_id . ' will be ignored', Logger::DEBUG);
 			L10n::popLang();
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ function notification($params)
 		// if it's a post figure out who's post it is.
 		$item = null;
 		if ($params['otype'] === 'item' && $parent_id) {
-			$item = Item::selectFirstForUser($params['uid'], Item::ITEM_FIELDLIST, ['id' => $parent_id]);
+			$item = Item::selectFirstForUser($params['uid'], Item::ITEM_FIELDLIST, ['id' => $parent_id, 'deleted' => false]);
 		}
 
 		$item_post_type = Item::postType($item);
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ function check_item_notification($itemid, $uid, $defaulttype = "") {
 	$fields = ['id', 'mention', 'tag', 'parent', 'title', 'body',
 		'author-link', 'author-name', 'author-avatar', 'author-id',
 		'guid', 'parent-uri', 'uri', 'contact-id', 'network'];
-	$condition = ['id' => $itemid, 'gravity' => [GRAVITY_PARENT, GRAVITY_COMMENT]];
+	$condition = ['id' => $itemid, 'gravity' => [GRAVITY_PARENT, GRAVITY_COMMENT], 'deleted' => false];
 	$item = Item::selectFirstForUser($uid, $fields, $condition);
 	if (!DBA::isResult($item) || in_array($item['author-id'], $contacts)) {
 		return false;
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ function check_item_notification($itemid, $uid, $defaulttype = "") {
 
 	// Is it a post that the user had started?
 	$fields = ['ignored', 'mention'];
-	$thread = Item::selectFirstThreadForUser($params['uid'], $fields, ['iid' => $item["parent"]]);
+	$thread = Item::selectFirstThreadForUser($params['uid'], $fields, ['iid' => $item["parent"], 'deleted' => false]);
 
 	if ($thread['mention'] && !$thread['ignored'] && !isset($params["type"])) {
 		$params["type"] = NOTIFY_COMMENT;
@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ function check_item_notification($itemid, $uid, $defaulttype = "") {
 	}
 
 	// And now we check for participation of one of our contacts in the thread
-	$condition = ['parent' => $item["parent"], 'author-id' => $contacts];
+	$condition = ['parent' => $item["parent"], 'author-id' => $contacts, 'deleted' => false];
 
 	if (!$thread['ignored'] && !isset($params["type"]) && Item::exists($condition)) {
 		$params["type"] = NOTIFY_COMMENT;