diff --git a/src/ssb.c b/src/ssb.c
index 1362780a..5cc720d4 100644
--- a/src/ssb.c
+++ b/src/ssb.c
@@ -1674,10 +1674,6 @@ static void _tf_ssb_connection_rpc_recv(tf_ssb_connection_t* connection, uint8_t
 				tf_trace_end(connection->ssb->trace);
 			}
 		}
-		else
-		{
-			tf_printf("No request callback for %p %d\n", connection, -request_number);
-		}
 	}
 
 	if (close_connection)
diff --git a/src/ssb.db.c b/src/ssb.db.c
index caa84241..cdb14c6b 100644
--- a/src/ssb.db.c
+++ b/src/ssb.db.c
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ void tf_ssb_db_init(tf_ssb_t* ssb)
 	tf_ssb_release_db_writer(ssb, db);
 }
 
-static bool _tf_ssb_db_previous_message_exists(sqlite3* db, const char* author, int64_t sequence, const char* previous)
+static bool _tf_ssb_db_previous_message_exists(sqlite3* db, const char* author, int64_t sequence, const char* previous, bool* out_id_mismatch)
 {
 	bool exists = false;
 	if (sequence == 1)
@@ -291,12 +291,13 @@ static bool _tf_ssb_db_previous_message_exists(sqlite3* db, const char* author,
 	else
 	{
 		sqlite3_stmt* statement;
-		if (sqlite3_prepare(db, "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM messages WHERE author = ?1 AND sequence = ?2 AND id = ?3", -1, &statement, NULL) == SQLITE_OK)
+		if (sqlite3_prepare(db, "SELECT COUNT(*), id != ?3 AS is_mismatch FROM messages WHERE author = ?1 AND sequence = ?2", -1, &statement, NULL) == SQLITE_OK)
 		{
 			if (sqlite3_bind_text(statement, 1, author, -1, NULL) == SQLITE_OK && sqlite3_bind_int64(statement, 2, sequence - 1) == SQLITE_OK &&
 				sqlite3_bind_text(statement, 3, previous, -1, NULL) == SQLITE_OK && sqlite3_step(statement) == SQLITE_ROW)
 			{
 				exists = sqlite3_column_int(statement, 0) != 0;
+				*out_id_mismatch = sqlite3_column_int(statement, 1) != 0;
 			}
 			sqlite3_finalize(statement);
 		}
@@ -309,8 +310,9 @@ static int64_t _tf_ssb_db_store_message_raw(tf_ssb_t* ssb, const char* id, const
 {
 	sqlite3* db = tf_ssb_acquire_db_writer(ssb);
 	int64_t last_row_id = -1;
+	bool id_mismatch = false;
 
-	if (_tf_ssb_db_previous_message_exists(db, author, sequence, previous))
+	if (_tf_ssb_db_previous_message_exists(db, author, sequence, previous, &id_mismatch))
 	{
 		const char* query = "INSERT INTO messages (id, previous, author, sequence, timestamp, content, hash, signature, flags) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, jsonb(?), "
 							"?, ?, ?) ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING";
@@ -345,8 +347,14 @@ static int64_t _tf_ssb_db_store_message_raw(tf_ssb_t* ssb, const char* id, const
 			tf_printf("%s: prepare failed: %s\n", __FUNCTION__, sqlite3_errmsg(db));
 		}
 	}
-	else
+	else if (id_mismatch)
 	{
+		/*
+		** Only warn if we find a previous message with the wrong ID.
+		** If a feed is forked, we would otherwise warn on every
+		** message when trying to receive what we don't have, and
+		** that's not helping anybody.
+		*/
 		tf_printf("%p: Previous message doesn't exist for author=%s sequence=%" PRId64 " previous=%s.\n", db, author, sequence, previous);
 	}
 	tf_ssb_release_db_writer(ssb, db);