diff --git a/src/components/user_card/user_card.js b/src/components/user_card/user_card.js
index 65140d4e..67879307 100644
--- a/src/components/user_card/user_card.js
+++ b/src/components/user_card/user_card.js
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ export default {
     'rounded',
     'bordered',
     'avatarAction', // default - open profile, 'zoom' - zoom, function - call function
-    'onClose'
+    'onClose',
+    'hasNoteEditor'
   ],
   data () {
     return {
@@ -130,6 +131,9 @@ export default {
       const privileges = this.loggedIn.privileges
       return this.loggedIn.role === 'admin' || privileges.includes('users_manage_activation_state') || privileges.includes('users_delete') || privileges.includes('users_manage_tags')
     },
+    hasNote () {
+      return this.relationship.note
+    },
     supportsNote () {
       return 'note' in this.relationship
     },
diff --git a/src/components/user_card/user_card.vue b/src/components/user_card/user_card.vue
index 88434c59..349c7cb1 100644
--- a/src/components/user_card/user_card.vue
+++ b/src/components/user_card/user_card.vue
@@ -269,10 +269,10 @@
           <RemoteFollow :user="user" />
         </div>
         <UserNote
-          v-if="loggedIn && isOtherUser && supportsNote"
+          v-if="loggedIn && isOtherUser && (hasNote || (hasNoteEditor && supportsNote))"
           :user="user"
           :relationship="relationship"
-          :editing="isEditingNote"
+          :editable="hasNoteEditor"
         />
       </div>
     </div>
diff --git a/src/components/user_note/user_note.js b/src/components/user_note/user_note.js
index dc5b8e71..830b2e59 100644
--- a/src/components/user_note/user_note.js
+++ b/src/components/user_note/user_note.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 const UserNote = {
   props: {
     user: Object,
-    relationship: Object
+    relationship: Object,
+    editable: Boolean
   },
   data () {
     return {
diff --git a/src/components/user_note/user_note.vue b/src/components/user_note/user_note.vue
index 328e2350..4286e017 100644
--- a/src/components/user_note/user_note.vue
+++ b/src/components/user_note/user_note.vue
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
       <span>{{ $t('user_card.note') }}</span>
       <div class="buttons">
         <button
-          v-show="!editing"
+          v-show="!editing && editable"
           class="button-default btn"
           @click="startEditing"
         >
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@
   }
 
   .note-text {
-    line-height: 2;
     align-self: stretch;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/components/user_profile/user_profile.vue b/src/components/user_profile/user_profile.vue
index d0da2b5b..d5e8d230 100644
--- a/src/components/user_profile/user_profile.vue
+++ b/src/components/user_profile/user_profile.vue
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
         :selected="timeline.viewing"
         avatar-action="zoom"
         rounded="top"
+        :has-note-editor="true"
       />
       <div
         v-if="user.fields_html && user.fields_html.length > 0"