diff --git a/ts/models/message.ts b/ts/models/message.ts
index 1ef0c7e7b..31daf7058 100644
--- a/ts/models/message.ts
+++ b/ts/models/message.ts
@@ -1093,7 +1093,7 @@ export class MessageModel extends Backbone.Model<MessageAttributes> {
   }
 
   public async markMessageAsRead(readAt: number) {
-    await this.markMessageReadNoCommit(readAt);
+    this.markMessageReadNoCommit(readAt);
     await this.commit();
     // the line below makes sure that getNextExpiringMessage will find this message as expiring.
     // getNextExpiringMessage is used on app start to clean already expired messages which should have been removed already, but are not
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ export class MessageModel extends Backbone.Model<MessageAttributes> {
     await this.getConversation()?.refreshInMemoryDetails();
   }
 
-  public async markMessageReadNoCommit(readAt: number) {
+  public markMessageReadNoCommit(readAt: number) {
     this.set({ unread: READ_MESSAGE_STATE.read });
 
     const convo = this.getConversation();