diff --git a/react/features/base/participants/functions.ts b/react/features/base/participants/functions.ts
index e693b074a..e958188ff 100644
--- a/react/features/base/participants/functions.ts
+++ b/react/features/base/participants/functions.ts
@@ -267,6 +267,22 @@ export function getVirtualScreenshareParticipantOwnerId(id: string) {
     return id.split('-')[0];
 }
 
+/**
+ * Returns owner participant IDs of the virtual screenshares participant.
+ *
+ * @param {(Function|Object)} stateful - The (whole) redux state, or redux's.
+ * @returns {(string[])}
+ */
+export function getVirtualScreenshareParticipantOwnerIds(stateful: IStateful) {
+    const virtualScreenshareParticipants = toState(stateful)['features/base/participants']
+        .sortedRemoteVirtualScreenshareParticipants;
+
+    const virtualScreenshareParticipantIds = Array.from(virtualScreenshareParticipants.keys())
+        .map(id => getVirtualScreenshareParticipantOwnerId(id));
+
+    return virtualScreenshareParticipantIds;
+}
+
 /**
  * Returns the Map with fake participants.
  *
diff --git a/react/features/filmstrip/components/web/Thumbnail.tsx b/react/features/filmstrip/components/web/Thumbnail.tsx
index dccc9d8e1..ebb67553e 100644
--- a/react/features/filmstrip/components/web/Thumbnail.tsx
+++ b/react/features/filmstrip/components/web/Thumbnail.tsx
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import { pinParticipant } from '../../../base/participants/actions';
 import {
     getLocalParticipant,
     getParticipantByIdOrUndefined,
+    getVirtualScreenshareParticipantOwnerIds,
     hasRaisedHand,
     isLocalScreenshareParticipant,
     isScreenShareParticipant,
@@ -1287,9 +1288,13 @@ function _mapStateToProps(state: IReduxState, ownProps: any): Object {
     const participantId = isLocal ? getLocalParticipant(state)?.id : participantID;
     const isActiveParticipant = activeParticipants.find((pId: string) => pId === participantId);
     const participantCurrentlyOnLargeVideo = state['features/large-video']?.participantId === id;
+    const virtualScreenshareParticipantOwnerIds = getVirtualScreenshareParticipantOwnerIds(state);
     const shouldDisplayTintBackground
         = _currentLayout !== LAYOUTS.TILE_VIEW && filmstripType === FILMSTRIP_TYPE.MAIN
-        && (isActiveParticipant || participantCurrentlyOnLargeVideo);
+        && (isActiveParticipant || participantCurrentlyOnLargeVideo)
+
+        // skip showing tint for owner participants that are screensharing.
+        && !virtualScreenshareParticipantOwnerIds.includes(id);
 
     return {
         _audioTrack,