diff --git a/src/Model/User.php b/src/Model/User.php
index 9762727aca..a43560b019 100644
--- a/src/Model/User.php
+++ b/src/Model/User.php
@@ -33,6 +33,37 @@ require_once 'include/text.php';
  */
 class User
 {
+	/**
+	 * @brief Get owner data by user id
+	 *
+	 * @param int $uid
+	 * @return boolean|array
+	 */
+	public static function getOwnerDataById($uid) {
+		$r = dba::p("SELECT
+			`contact`.*,
+			`user`.`prvkey` AS `uprvkey`,
+			`user`.`timezone`,
+			`user`.`nickname`,
+			`user`.`sprvkey`,
+			`user`.`spubkey`,
+			`user`.`page-flags`,
+			`user`.`account-type`,
+			`user`.`prvnets`
+			FROM `contact`
+			INNER JOIN `user`
+				ON `user`.`uid` = `contact`.`uid`
+			WHERE `contact`.`uid` = ?
+			AND `contact`.`self` = 1
+			LIMIT 1",
+			$uid
+		);
+		if (!DBM::is_result($r)) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		return $r[0];
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @brief Returns the default group for a given user and network
 	 *
diff --git a/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php b/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php
index e15c1b7933..8828324c54 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php
@@ -4051,28 +4051,10 @@ class Diaspora
 			return;
 		}
 
-		$r = dba::p("SELECT
-			`contact`.*,
-			`user`.`prvkey` AS `uprvkey`,
-			`user`.`timezone`,
-			`user`.`nickname`,
-			`user`.`sprvkey`,
-			`user`.`spubkey`,
-			`user`.`page-flags`,
-			`user`.`account-type`,
-			`user`.`prvnets`
-			FROM `contact`
-			INNER JOIN `user`
-				ON `user`.`uid` = `contact`.`uid`
-			WHERE `contact`.`uid` = ?
-			AND `contact`.`self` = 1
-			LIMIT 1",
-			$uid
-		);
-		if (!DBM::is_result($r)) {
+		$owner = User::getOwnerDataById($uid);
+		if (!$owner) {
 			return;
 		}
-		$owner = $r[0];
 
 		if (!$recips) {
 			$recips = q(
diff --git a/src/Worker/Delivery.php b/src/Worker/Delivery.php
index 9ed9a06c17..b3d3ecc140 100644
--- a/src/Worker/Delivery.php
+++ b/src/Worker/Delivery.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use Friendica\Core\System;
 use Friendica\Core\Config;
 use Friendica\Database\DBM;
 use Friendica\Model\Contact;
+use Friendica\Model\User;
 use Friendica\Protocol\Diaspora;
 use Friendica\Protocol\DFRN;
 use Friendica\Protocol\Email;
@@ -140,20 +141,11 @@ class Delivery {
 			}
 		}
 
-		$r = q("SELECT `contact`.*, `user`.`prvkey` AS `uprvkey`,
-			`user`.`timezone`, `user`.`nickname`, `user`.`sprvkey`, `user`.`spubkey`,
-			`user`.`page-flags`, `user`.`account-type`, `user`.`prvnets`
-			FROM `contact` INNER JOIN `user` ON `user`.`uid` = `contact`.`uid`
-			WHERE `contact`.`uid` = %d AND `contact`.`self` = 1 LIMIT 1",
-			intval($uid)
-		);
-
-		if (!DBM::is_result($r)) {
+		$owner = User::getOwnerDataById($uid);
+		if (!$owner) {
 			return;
 		}
 
-		$owner = $r[0];
-
 		$walltowall = (($top_level && ($owner['id'] != $items[0]['contact-id'])) ? true : false);
 
 		$public_message = true;