diff --git a/packages/api/test/fixtures/postgres/find-content-by-cid.json b/packages/api/test/fixtures/postgres/find-content-by-cid.json
index a1a1b5ed24..7dcbe9a184 100644
--- a/packages/api/test/fixtures/postgres/find-content-by-cid.json
+++ b/packages/api/test/fixtures/postgres/find-content-by-cid.json
@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@
         "peerName": "who?",
         "region": "where?"
       }
+    },
+    {
+      "status": "PinError",
+      "updated": "2021-07-14T19:27:14.934572Z",
+      "location": {
+        "peerId": "12D3KooWR1Js",
+        "peerName": "who?",
+        "region": "where?"
+      }
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/packages/db/utils.js b/packages/db/utils.js
index d6d3897039..c985c79f55 100644
--- a/packages/db/utils.js
+++ b/packages/db/utils.js
@@ -43,5 +43,11 @@ export function normalizePins (pins) {
     peerId: pin.location.peerId,
     peerName: pin.location.peerName,
     region: pin.location.region
-  }))
+  })).filter(pin => PIN_STATUS.has(pin.status))
 }
+
+const PIN_STATUS = new Set([
+  'Pinned',
+  'Pinning',
+  'PinQueued'
+])