diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk-crypto/src/identities/device.rs b/crates/matrix-sdk-crypto/src/identities/device.rs
index af2937058..b017d1537 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk-crypto/src/identities/device.rs
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk-crypto/src/identities/device.rs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ use crate::{
             forwarded_room_key::ForwardedRoomKeyContent,
             room::encrypted::ToDeviceEncryptedEventContent, EventType,
         },
-        DeviceKey, DeviceKeys, Signatures, SignedKey,
+        DeviceKey, DeviceKeys, Signatures, SignedKey, SigningKey,
     },
     verification::VerificationMachine,
     OutgoingVerificationRequest, ReadOnlyAccount, Sas, ToDeviceRequest, VerificationRequest,
@@ -141,6 +141,35 @@ impl Device {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Is this our own device.
+    pub fn is_our_own_device(&self) -> bool {
+        let own_ed25519_key = self.verification_machine.store.account.identity_keys().ed25519;
+        let own_curve25519_key = self.verification_machine.store.account.identity_keys().curve25519;
+
+        self.user_id() == self.verification_machine.own_user_id()
+            && self.device_id() == self.verification_machine.own_device_id()
+            && self.ed25519_key().map(|k| k == own_ed25519_key).unwrap_or(false)
+            && self.curve25519_key().map(|k| k == own_curve25519_key).unwrap_or(false)
+    }
+
+    /// Does the given `InboundGroupSession` belong to this device.
+    ///
+    /// An `InboundGroupSession` is exchanged between devices as an Olm
+    /// encrypted `m.room_key` event. This method determines if this `Device`
+    /// can be confirmed as the creator and owner of the `m.room_key`.
+    pub fn is_owner_of_session(&self, session: &InboundGroupSession) -> bool {
+        if session.has_been_imported() {
+            false
+        } else if let Some(SigningKey::Ed25519(key)) =
+            session.signing_keys.get(&DeviceKeyAlgorithm::Ed25519)
+        {
+            self.ed25519_key().map(|k| k == *key).unwrap_or(false)
+                && self.curve25519_key().map(|k| k == session.sender_key).unwrap_or(false)
+        } else {
+            false
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Request an interacitve verification with this `Device`
     ///
     /// Returns a `VerificationRequest` object and a to-device request that
diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk-crypto/src/machine.rs b/crates/matrix-sdk-crypto/src/machine.rs
index 1d27ecc72..bff468eb2 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk-crypto/src/machine.rs
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk-crypto/src/machine.rs
@@ -1002,27 +1002,52 @@ impl OlmMachine {
             .await?)
     }
 
+    async fn get_verification_state(
+        &self,
+        session: &InboundGroupSession,
+        sender: &UserId,
+        device_id: &DeviceId,
+    ) -> StoreResult<VerificationState> {
+        Ok(
+            // First find the device from the Curve25519 key that was recorded
+            // when we decrypted the room_key.
+            if let Some(device) = self
+                .get_device(sender, device_id, None)
+                .await?
+                .filter(|d| d.curve25519_key().map(|k| k == session.sender_key()).unwrap_or(false))
+            {
+                // If the `Device` is confirmed to be the owner of the
+                // `InboundGroupSession` we will consider the room key, and by
+                // extension any events that are encrypted using this room key,
+                // to be trusted if:
+                //     a) This is our own device
+                //     b) The device itself is considered to be trusted
+                if device.is_owner_of_session(session)
+                    && (device.is_our_own_device() || device.verified())
+                {
+                    VerificationState::Trusted
+                } else {
+                    VerificationState::Untrusted
+                }
+            } else {
+                // We didn't find a device, no way to know if we should trust
+                // the `InboundGroupSession` or not.
+                VerificationState::UnknownDevice
+            },
+        )
+    }
+
+    /// Get the `EncryptionInfo` of an `InboundGroupSession`.
+    ///
+    /// This determines if the events that a given `InboundGroupSession`
+    /// decrypts are considered to be trusted.
     async fn get_encryption_info(
         &self,
         session: &InboundGroupSession,
         sender: &UserId,
         device_id: &DeviceId,
     ) -> StoreResult<EncryptionInfo> {
-        let verification_state = if let Some(device) = self
-            .get_device(sender, device_id, None)
-            .await?
-            .filter(|d| d.curve25519_key().map(|k| k == session.sender_key()).unwrap_or(false))
-        {
-            if (self.user_id() == device.user_id() && self.device_id() == device.device_id())
-                || device.verified()
-            {
-                VerificationState::Trusted
-            } else {
-                VerificationState::Untrusted
-            }
-        } else {
-            VerificationState::UnknownDevice
-        };
+        let verification_state = self.get_verification_state(session, sender, device_id).await?;
 
         let sender = sender.to_owned();
         let device_id = device_id.to_owned();
diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk-crypto/src/olm/group_sessions/inbound.rs b/crates/matrix-sdk-crypto/src/olm/group_sessions/inbound.rs
index ac5cbd849..778969b6d 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk-crypto/src/olm/group_sessions/inbound.rs
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk-crypto/src/olm/group_sessions/inbound.rs
@@ -327,6 +327,12 @@ impl InboundGroupSession {
         self.first_known_index
     }
 
+    /// Has the session been imported from a file, or backup, or has it been
+    /// directly received as an `m.room_key` event.
+    pub fn has_been_imported(&self) -> bool {
+        self.imported
+    }
+
     /// Check if the `InboundGroupSession` is better than the given other
     /// `InboundGroupSession`
     pub async fn compare(&self, other: &InboundGroupSession) -> SessionOrdering {