diff --git a/src/Model/Contact.php b/src/Model/Contact.php
index 439f9b34ba..df1a25cd7d 100644
--- a/src/Model/Contact.php
+++ b/src/Model/Contact.php
@@ -1461,7 +1461,7 @@ class Contact
 			if ($pager->getStart() == 0) {
 				$cdata = Contact::getPublicAndUserContactID($cid, local_user());
 				if (!empty($cdata['public'])) {
-					$pinned = DBA::selectToArray('collection-view', ['uri-id'], ['cid' => $cdata['public'], 'type' => Post\Collection::FEATURED]);
+					$pinned = Post\Collection::selectToArrayForContact($cdata['public'], Post\Collection::FEATURED, ['uri-id']);
 					$items = array_merge($items, $pinned);
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/src/Model/Post/Collection.php b/src/Model/Post/Collection.php
index f7a1a996bb..476e9d3b33 100644
--- a/src/Model/Post/Collection.php
+++ b/src/Model/Post/Collection.php
@@ -58,4 +58,17 @@ class Collection
 
 		DBA::delete('post-collection', ['uri-id' => $uri_id, 'type' => $type]);
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Fetch collections for a given contact
+	 *
+	 * @param integer $cid
+	 * @param [type] $type
+	 * @param array $fields
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	public static function selectToArrayForContact(int $cid, int $type = self::FEATURED, array $fields = []) 
+	{
+		return DBA::selectToArray('collection-view', $fields, ['cid' => $cid, 'type' => $type]);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/Module/Profile/Status.php b/src/Module/Profile/Status.php
index 23b78d959a..f3015692f3 100644
--- a/src/Module/Profile/Status.php
+++ b/src/Module/Profile/Status.php
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ class Status extends BaseProfile
 
 		if ($pager->getStart() == 0 && !empty($profile['uid'])) {
 			$pcid = Contact::getPublicIdByUserId($profile['uid']);
-			$pinned = DBA::selectToArray('collection-view', [], ['cid' => $pcid, 'type' => Post\Collection::FEATURED]);
+			$pinned = Post\Collection::selectToArrayForContact($pcid, Post\Collection::FEATURED);
 			$items = array_merge($items, $pinned);
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Processor.php b/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Processor.php
index d6bce87f4f..e5653a554f 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Processor.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Processor.php
@@ -999,7 +999,7 @@ class Processor
 			return;
 		}
 
-		$posts = DBA::selectToArray('collection-view', ['uri-id'], ['cid' => $pcid, 'type' => Post\Collection::FEATURED]);
+		$posts = Post\Collection::selectToArrayForContact($pcid, Post\Collection::FEATURED);
 		if (!empty($posts)) {
 			$old_featured = array_column($posts, 'uri-id');
 		}