diff --git a/app/src/main/java/at/bitfire/davdroid/resource/LocalCalendar.java b/app/src/main/java/at/bitfire/davdroid/resource/LocalCalendar.java
index ee28f9aa..714b274e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/at/bitfire/davdroid/resource/LocalCalendar.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/at/bitfire/davdroid/resource/LocalCalendar.java
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ public class LocalCalendar extends AndroidCalendar implements LocalCollection {
         for (LocalEvent event : (LocalEvent[])queryEvents(Events.DIRTY + "!=0 AND " + Events.ORIGINAL_ID + " IS NULL", null)) {
             if (event.getEvent().sequence == null)      // sequence has not been assigned yet (i.e. this event was just locally created)
                 event.getEvent().sequence = 0;
-            else
+            else if (event.weAreOrganizer)
                 event.getEvent().sequence++;
             dirty.add(event);
         }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/at/bitfire/davdroid/resource/LocalEvent.java b/app/src/main/java/at/bitfire/davdroid/resource/LocalEvent.java
index 6616251d..d2617c72 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/at/bitfire/davdroid/resource/LocalEvent.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/at/bitfire/davdroid/resource/LocalEvent.java
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ public class LocalEvent extends AndroidEvent implements LocalResource {
     @Getter protected String fileName;
     @Getter @Setter protected String eTag;
 
+    public boolean weAreOrganizer = true;
+
     public LocalEvent(@NonNull AndroidCalendar calendar, Event event, String fileName, String eTag) {
         super(calendar, event);
         this.fileName = fileName;
@@ -66,6 +68,8 @@ public class LocalEvent extends AndroidEvent implements LocalResource {
         event.uid = values.getAsString(COLUMN_UID);
 
         event.sequence = values.getAsInteger(COLUMN_SEQUENCE);
+        if (values.getAsInteger(Events.IS_ORGANIZER) == 0)
+            weAreOrganizer = false;
     }
 
     @Override