diff --git a/lib/Subscribers/InactiveSubscribersController.php b/lib/Subscribers/InactiveSubscribersController.php
index aa432d754b..b65fab3796 100644
--- a/lib/Subscribers/InactiveSubscribersController.php
+++ b/lib/Subscribers/InactiveSubscribersController.php
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ class InactiveSubscribersController {
         JOIN $scheduled_task_subcribres_table as sts ON s.id = sts.subscriber_id
         JOIN ($scheduled_task_ids_query) task_ids ON task_ids.id = sts.task_id
         LEFT OUTER JOIN $statistics_opens_table as so ON s.id = so.subscriber_id AND so.created_at > ?
-      WHERE s.created_at < ? AND s.status = ? AND so.id IS NULL
+      WHERE s.created_at < ? AND (s.confirmed_at IS NULL OR s.confirmed_at < ?) AND s.status = ? AND so.id IS NULL
       GROUP BY s.id LIMIT ?",
-      [$threshold_date_iso, $threshold_date_iso, Subscriber::STATUS_SUBSCRIBED, $batch_size]
+      [$threshold_date_iso, $threshold_date_iso, $threshold_date_iso, Subscriber::STATUS_SUBSCRIBED, $batch_size]
     )->findArray();
 
     $ids_to_deactivate = array_map(
diff --git a/tests/integration/Subscribers/InactiveSubscribersControllerTest.php b/tests/integration/Subscribers/InactiveSubscribersControllerTest.php
index f87f9c003e..ff3dd783a3 100644
--- a/tests/integration/Subscribers/InactiveSubscribersControllerTest.php
+++ b/tests/integration/Subscribers/InactiveSubscribersControllerTest.php
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class InactiveSubscribersControllerTest extends \MailPoetTest {
   }
 
   function testItDoesNotDeactivateNewSubscriberWithUnopenedEmail() {
-    list($task) = $this->createCompletedSendingTaskWithOneOpen(1);
+    list($task) = $this->createCompletedSendingTaskWithOneOpen(3);
 
     $subscriber = $this->createSubscriber('s1@email.com', 2);
     $this->addSubcriberToTask($subscriber, $task);
@@ -87,8 +87,22 @@ class InactiveSubscribersControllerTest extends \MailPoetTest {
     expect($subscriber->status)->equals(Subscriber::STATUS_SUBSCRIBED);
   }
 
+  function testItDoesNotDeactivateNewlyConfirmedSubscriberWithUnopenedEmail() {
+    list($task) = $this->createCompletedSendingTaskWithOneOpen(3);
+
+    $subscriber = $this->createSubscriber('s1@email.com', 10);
+    $subscriber->confirmed_at = (new Carbon())->subDays(2)->toDateTimeString();
+    $subscriber->save();
+    $this->addSubcriberToTask($subscriber, $task);
+
+    $result = $this->controller->markInactiveSubscribers(5, 100);
+    expect($result)->equals(0);
+    $subscriber = Subscriber::findOne($subscriber->id);
+    expect($subscriber->status)->equals(Subscriber::STATUS_SUBSCRIBED);
+  }
+
   function testItDoesNotDeactivateSubscriberWithoutSentEmail() {
-    $this->createCompletedSendingTaskWithOneOpen(1);
+    $this->createCompletedSendingTaskWithOneOpen(3);
     $subscriber = $this->createSubscriber('s1@email.com', 10);
     $result = $this->controller->markInactiveSubscribers(5, 100);
     expect($result)->equals(0);