diff --git a/jicofo-common/src/main/kotlin/org/jitsi/jicofo/xmpp/muc/ChatRoomMemberImpl.kt b/jicofo-common/src/main/kotlin/org/jitsi/jicofo/xmpp/muc/ChatRoomMemberImpl.kt
index d0dafe2eb..7525db298 100644
--- a/jicofo-common/src/main/kotlin/org/jitsi/jicofo/xmpp/muc/ChatRoomMemberImpl.kt
+++ b/jicofo-common/src/main/kotlin/org/jitsi/jicofo/xmpp/muc/ChatRoomMemberImpl.kt
@@ -189,12 +189,12 @@ class ChatRoomMemberImpl(
 
         var newRole: MemberRole = MemberRole.VISITOR
         chatRoom.getOccupant(this)?.let { newRole = fromSmack(it.role, it.affiliation) }
-        if (!firstPresence && presence.type != Presence.Type.unavailable &&
-            (role == MemberRole.VISITOR) != (newRole == MemberRole.VISITOR)
-        ) {
-            // This will mess up various member counts
+        if (!firstPresence && (role == MemberRole.VISITOR) != (newRole == MemberRole.VISITOR)) {
+            // Allowing this to change would mess up various member counts, ignore the change
             // TODO: Should we try to update them, instead?
-            logger.warn("Member role changed from $role to $newRole - not supported!")
+            if (presence.type != Presence.Type.unavailable) {
+                logger.warn("Member role changed from $role to $newRole - not supported!")
+            }
         } else {
             role = newRole
         }
@@ -214,35 +214,37 @@ class ChatRoomMemberImpl(
             statsId = it.statsId
         }
 
-        presence.getExtension(JitsiParticipantCodecList::class.java)?.let {
-            if (!firstPresence && it.codecs != videoCodecs) {
-                logger.warn("Video codec list changed from $videoCodecs to ${it.codecs} - not supported!")
-            } else {
+        val newVideoCodecs =
+            presence.getExtension(JitsiParticipantCodecList::class.java)?.let {
                 if (!it.codecs.contains("vp8")) {
                     if (firstPresence) {
                         logger.warn("Video codec list {${it.codecs}} does not contain vp8! Adding manually.")
                     }
-                    videoCodecs = it.codecs + "vp8"
+                    it.codecs + "vp8"
                 } else {
-                    videoCodecs = it.codecs
+                    it.codecs
                 }
-            }
-        } ?: // Older clients sent a single codec in codecType rather than all supported ones in codecList
-            presence.getExtensionElement("jitsi_participant_codecType", "jabber:client")?.let {
-                if (it is StandardExtensionElement) {
-                    val codec = it.text.lowercase()
-                    val codecList = if (codec == "vp8") {
-                        listOf(codec)
-                    } else {
-                        listOf(codec, "vp8")
-                    }
-                    if (!firstPresence && codecList != videoCodecs) {
-                        logger.warn("Video codec list changed from $videoCodecs to $codecList - not supported!")
+            } ?: // Older clients sent a single codec in codecType rather than all supported ones in codecList
+                presence.getExtensionElement("jitsi_participant_codecType", "jabber:client")?.let {
+                    if (it is StandardExtensionElement) {
+                        val codec = it.text.lowercase()
+                        if (codec == "vp8") {
+                            listOf(codec)
+                        } else {
+                            listOf(codec, "vp8")
+                        }
                     } else {
-                        videoCodecs = codecList
+                        null
                     }
                 }
+        if (!firstPresence && newVideoCodecs != videoCodecs) {
+            // Allowing this to change would mess up visitor codec preference counts, ignore the change
+            if (role == MemberRole.VISITOR && presence.type != Presence.Type.unavailable && newVideoCodecs != null) {
+                logger.warn("Visitor video codec list changed from $videoCodecs to $newVideoCodecs - not supported!")
             }
+        } else {
+            videoCodecs = newVideoCodecs
+        }
     }
 
     override fun toString() = "ChatMember[id=$name role=$role]"
diff --git a/jicofo/src/main/java/org/jitsi/jicofo/conference/JitsiMeetConference.java b/jicofo/src/main/java/org/jitsi/jicofo/conference/JitsiMeetConference.java
index 9ffb427c0..56f2ae92b 100644
--- a/jicofo/src/main/java/org/jitsi/jicofo/conference/JitsiMeetConference.java
+++ b/jicofo/src/main/java/org/jitsi/jicofo/conference/JitsiMeetConference.java
@@ -125,8 +125,9 @@ default JibriSipGateway getJibriSipGateway()
     /**
      * Used for av moderation, when we want to mute all participants.
      * @param mediaType the media type we want to mute.
+     * @param actor the entity that requested the mute.
      */
-    void muteAllParticipants(MediaType mediaType);
+    void muteAllParticipants(MediaType mediaType, EntityFullJid actor);
 
     /**
      * Return {@code true} if the user with the given JID should be allowed to invite jigasi to this conference.
diff --git a/jicofo/src/main/java/org/jitsi/jicofo/conference/JitsiMeetConferenceImpl.java b/jicofo/src/main/java/org/jitsi/jicofo/conference/JitsiMeetConferenceImpl.java
index dc5ebb5ef..e99db151b 100644
--- a/jicofo/src/main/java/org/jitsi/jicofo/conference/JitsiMeetConferenceImpl.java
+++ b/jicofo/src/main/java/org/jitsi/jicofo/conference/JitsiMeetConferenceImpl.java
@@ -1645,7 +1645,7 @@ else if (member.isJigasi())
     /**
      * Mutes all participants (except jibri or jigasi without "audioMute" support). Will block for colibri responses.
      */
-    public void muteAllParticipants(MediaType mediaType)
+    public void muteAllParticipants(MediaType mediaType, EntityFullJid actor)
     {
         Set<Participant> participantsToMute = new HashSet<>();
         synchronized (participantLock)
@@ -1659,6 +1659,12 @@ public void muteAllParticipants(MediaType mediaType)
                     continue;
                 }
 
+                // we skip the participant that enabled the av moderation
+                if (participant.getMucJid().equals(actor))
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
                 participantsToMute.add(participant);
             }
         }
diff --git a/jicofo/src/main/kotlin/org/jitsi/jicofo/xmpp/AvModerationHandler.kt b/jicofo/src/main/kotlin/org/jitsi/jicofo/xmpp/AvModerationHandler.kt
index 43035f6a1..2fefdeac4 100644
--- a/jicofo/src/main/kotlin/org/jitsi/jicofo/xmpp/AvModerationHandler.kt
+++ b/jicofo/src/main/kotlin/org/jitsi/jicofo/xmpp/AvModerationHandler.kt
@@ -89,8 +89,11 @@ class AvModerationHandler(
                             logger.info(
                                 "Moderation for $mediaType in $conferenceJid was enabled by ${incomingJson["actor"]}"
                             )
-                            // let's mute everyone
-                            conference.muteAllParticipants(mediaType)
+                            // let's mute everyone except the actor
+                            conference.muteAllParticipants(
+                                mediaType,
+                                JidCreate.entityFullFrom(incomingJson["actor"]?.toString())
+                            )
                         }
                     }
                     incomingJson["whitelists"]?.let {