diff --git a/src/components/timeline/timeline.js b/src/components/timeline/timeline.js
index a5c6418b2d..aac3869f59 100644
--- a/src/components/timeline/timeline.js
+++ b/src/components/timeline/timeline.js
@@ -1,7 +1,20 @@
 import Status from '../status/status.vue'
 import timelineFetcher from '../../services/timeline_fetcher/timeline_fetcher.service.js'
 import Conversation from '../conversation/conversation.vue'
-import { throttle } from 'lodash'
+import { throttle, keyBy } from 'lodash'
+
+export const getExcludedStatusIdsByPinning = (statuses, pinnedStatusIds) => {
+  const ids = []
+  if (pinnedStatusIds && pinnedStatusIds.length > 0) {
+    for (let status of statuses) {
+      if (!pinnedStatusIds.includes(status.id)) {
+        break
+      }
+      ids.push(status.id)
+    }
+  }
+  return ids
+}
 
 const Timeline = {
   props: [
@@ -43,16 +56,9 @@ const Timeline = {
     },
     // id map of statuses which need to be hidden in the main list due to pinning logic
     excludedStatusIdsObject () {
-      const result = {}
-      if (this.pinnedStatusIds && this.pinnedStatusIds.length > 0) {
-        for (let status of this.timeline.visibleStatuses) {
-          if (!this.pinnedStatusIds.includes(status.id)) {
-            break
-          }
-          result[status.id] = true
-        }
-      }
-      return result
+      const ids = getExcludedStatusIdsByPinning(this.timeline.visibleStatuses, this.pinnedStatusIds)
+      // Convert id array to object
+      return keyBy(ids, id => id)
     }
   },
   components: {
diff --git a/test/unit/specs/components/timeline.spec.js b/test/unit/specs/components/timeline.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b13d3e2075
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/specs/components/timeline.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { getExcludedStatusIdsByPinning } from 'src/components/timeline/timeline.js'
+import { difference } from 'lodash'
+
+describe('Timeline', () => {
+  describe('getExcludedStatusIdsByPinning', () => {
+    it('should not return unpinned status ids', () => {
+      const statuses = [
+        { id: 1 },
+        { id: 2 },
+        { id: 3 },
+        { id: 4 }
+      ]
+      const pinnedStatusIds = [1, 3]
+      expect(difference(getExcludedStatusIdsByPinning(statuses, pinnedStatusIds), pinnedStatusIds)).to.eql([])
+    })
+  })
+})
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