diff --git a/spec/integ/crypto/verification.spec.ts b/spec/integ/crypto/verification.spec.ts
index a245b56e2..e13b80c54 100644
--- a/spec/integ/crypto/verification.spec.ts
+++ b/spec/integ/crypto/verification.spec.ts
@@ -164,6 +164,14 @@ describe.each(Object.entries(CRYPTO_BACKENDS))("verification (%s)", (backend: st
                 expect(requests[0].transactionId).toEqual(transactionId);
             }
 
+            // check that the returned request depends on the given userID
+            {
+                const requests = aliceClient
+                    .getCrypto()!
+                    .getVerificationRequestsToDeviceInProgress("@unknown:localhost");
+                expect(requests.length).toEqual(0);
+            }
+
             let toDeviceMessage = requestBody.messages[TEST_USER_ID][TEST_DEVICE_ID];
             expect(toDeviceMessage.from_device).toEqual(aliceClient.deviceId);
             expect(toDeviceMessage.transaction_id).toEqual(transactionId);
diff --git a/src/rust-crypto/rust-crypto.ts b/src/rust-crypto/rust-crypto.ts
index 6da6dd53c..7e267071b 100644
--- a/src/rust-crypto/rust-crypto.ts
+++ b/src/rust-crypto/rust-crypto.ts
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ export class RustCrypto extends TypedEventEmitter<RustCryptoEvents, RustCryptoEv
      */
     public getVerificationRequestsToDeviceInProgress(userId: string): VerificationRequest[] {
         const requests: RustSdkCryptoJs.VerificationRequest[] = this.olmMachine.getVerificationRequests(
-            new RustSdkCryptoJs.UserId(this.userId),
+            new RustSdkCryptoJs.UserId(userId),
         );
         return requests
             .filter((request) => request.roomId === undefined)