diff --git a/src/libs/TransactionUtils/index.ts b/src/libs/TransactionUtils/index.ts
index 29845965dbfd..f16636080e62 100644
--- a/src/libs/TransactionUtils/index.ts
+++ b/src/libs/TransactionUtils/index.ts
@@ -1928,7 +1928,8 @@ function isViolationDismissed(
         return dismissedByEmails.length > 0;
     }
 
-    // If the admin is looking at an open report, we check for both, submitter and admin.
+    // On an open report, dismissals are honored across roles: admin/approver viewing accepts a dismissal recorded by the submitter,
+    // and submitter viewing accepts a dismissal recorded by an admin/approver.
     if (!iouReport) {
         return false;
     }
@@ -1943,6 +1944,10 @@ function isViolationDismissed(
         }
     }
 
+    if (isSubmitter && isOpenExpenseReport(iouReport) && dismissedByEmails.length > 0) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
     return false;
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/TransactionUtilsTest.ts b/tests/unit/TransactionUtilsTest.ts
index e65e4bce0ddf..34db4e5853ad 100644
--- a/tests/unit/TransactionUtilsTest.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/TransactionUtilsTest.ts
@@ -933,14 +933,14 @@ describe('TransactionUtils', () => {
                 expect(result).toBe(false);
             });
 
-            it('should return false when submitter views their own open report (not condition 2)', () => {
+            it('should return true when submitter views their own OPEN report and an admin dismissed the violation', () => {
                 // Given an OPEN report owned by current user
                 const iouReport: Report = {
                     ...openReport,
                     ownerAccountID: CURRENT_USER_ID,
                 };
 
-                // And a transaction where someone else dismissed a violation
+                // And a transaction where an admin dismissed a violation
                 const transaction = generateTransaction({
                     reportID: iouReport.reportID,
                     comment: {
@@ -956,7 +956,34 @@ describe('TransactionUtils', () => {
                 // When current user (the submitter) checks if violation is dismissed
                 const result = TransactionUtils.isViolationDismissed(transaction, violation, CURRENT_USER_EMAIL, CURRENT_USER_ID, iouReport, undefined);
 
-                // Then it should return false (condition 2 doesn't apply to submitters)
+                // Then it should return true: on an open report the submitter accepts a dismissal recorded by an admin/approver.
+                expect(result).toBe(true);
+            });
+
+            it('should return false when submitter views their own PROCESSING report and only an admin dismissed the violation', () => {
+                // Given a PROCESSING report owned by current user
+                const iouReport: Report = {
+                    ...processingReport,
+                    ownerAccountID: CURRENT_USER_ID,
+                };
+
+                // And a transaction where an admin dismissed a violation
+                const transaction = generateTransaction({
+                    reportID: iouReport.reportID,
+                    comment: {
+                        dismissedViolations: {
+                            [CONST.VIOLATIONS.DUPLICATED_TRANSACTION]: {
+                                [OTHER_USER_EMAIL]: DateUtils.getDBTime(),
+                            },
+                        },
+                    },
+                });
+                const violation = {type: CONST.VIOLATION_TYPES.VIOLATION, name: CONST.VIOLATIONS.DUPLICATED_TRANSACTION};
+
+                // When current user (the submitter) checks if violation is dismissed
+                const result = TransactionUtils.isViolationDismissed(transaction, violation, CURRENT_USER_EMAIL, CURRENT_USER_ID, iouReport, undefined);
+
+                // Then it should return false: cross-role dismissal is only honored on OPEN reports.
                 expect(result).toBe(false);
             });
         });