diff --git a/client/src/components/Dashboard/Clients.js b/client/src/components/Dashboard/Clients.js
index 660d3140472..8d35eae183b 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Dashboard/Clients.js
+++ b/client/src/components/Dashboard/Clients.js
@@ -6,14 +6,15 @@ import { Trans, withTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 import Card from '../ui/Card';
 import Cell from '../ui/Cell';
 
-import { getPercent, isClientInIpsOrCidrs } from '../../helpers/helpers';
-import { BLOCKED_CLIENT, STATUS_COLORS } from '../../helpers/constants';
+import { getPercent, getIpMatchListStatus } from '../../helpers/helpers';
+import { IP_MATCH_LIST_STATUS, STATUS_COLORS } from '../../helpers/constants';
 import { formatClientCell } from '../../helpers/formatClientCell';
 
 const getClientsPercentColor = (percent) => {
     if (percent > 50) {
         return STATUS_COLORS.green;
-    } if (percent > 10) {
+    }
+    if (percent > 10) {
         return STATUS_COLORS.yellow;
     }
     return STATUS_COLORS.red;
@@ -27,20 +28,18 @@ const countCell = (dnsQueries) => function cell(row) {
     return <Cell value={value} percent={percent} color={percentColor} />;
 };
 
-const renderBlockingButton = (blocked, ip, handleClick, processing) => {
-    let buttonProps = {
-        className: 'btn-outline-danger',
-        text: 'block_btn',
-        type: 'block',
-    };
-
-    if (blocked) {
-        buttonProps = {
+const renderBlockingButton = (ipMatchListStatus, ip, handleClick, processing) => {
+    const buttonProps = ipMatchListStatus === IP_MATCH_LIST_STATUS.NOT_FOUND
+        ? {
+            className: 'btn-outline-danger',
+            text: 'block_btn',
+            type: 'block',
+        }
+        : {
             className: 'btn-outline-secondary',
             text: 'unblock_btn',
             type: 'unblock',
         };
-    }
 
     return (
         <div className="table__action">
@@ -56,25 +55,18 @@ const renderBlockingButton = (blocked, ip, handleClick, processing) => {
     );
 };
 
-const isBlockedClient = (rawClients, client) => {
-    if (!rawClients || !client) {
-        return false;
-    }
-    return isClientInIpsOrCidrs(rawClients, client);
-};
-
 const clientCell = (t, toggleClientStatus, processing, disallowedClients) => function cell(row) {
     const { value } = row;
-    const blocked = isBlockedClient(disallowedClients, value);
+    const ipMatchListStatus = getIpMatchListStatus(value, disallowedClients);
 
     return (
-            <Fragment>
-                <div className="logs__row logs__row--overflow logs__row--column">
-                    {formatClientCell(row, t)}
-                </div>
-                {blocked !== BLOCKED_CLIENT.CIDR
-                && renderBlockingButton(blocked, value, toggleClientStatus, processing)}
-            </Fragment>
+        <Fragment>
+            <div className="logs__row logs__row--overflow logs__row--column">
+                {formatClientCell(row, t)}
+            </div>
+            {ipMatchListStatus !== IP_MATCH_LIST_STATUS.CIDR
+            && renderBlockingButton(ipMatchListStatus, value, toggleClientStatus, processing)}
+        </Fragment>
     );
 };
 
@@ -130,15 +122,8 @@ const Clients = ({
 
                 const { ip } = rowInfo.original;
 
-                if (isBlockedClient(disallowedClients, ip)) {
-                    return {
-                        className: 'red',
-                    };
-                }
-
-                return {
-                    className: '',
-                };
+                return getIpMatchListStatus(ip, disallowedClients)
+                === IP_MATCH_LIST_STATUS.NOT_FOUND ? {} : { className: 'red' };
             }}
         />
     </Card>
diff --git a/client/src/helpers/constants.js b/client/src/helpers/constants.js
index 84f6898a38c..7da7d054d12 100644
--- a/client/src/helpers/constants.js
+++ b/client/src/helpers/constants.js
@@ -380,7 +380,8 @@ export const DNS_REQUEST_OPTIONS = {
     FASTEST_ADDR: 'fastest_addr',
 };
 
-export const BLOCKED_CLIENT = {
-    IP: 'IP',
-    CIDR: 'CIDR',
+export const IP_MATCH_LIST_STATUS = {
+    NOT_FOUND: 'NOT_FOUND', // not found in the list
+    EXACT: 'EXACT', // found exact match (ip === ip)
+    CIDR: 'CIDR', // the ip is in the specified CIDR range
 };
diff --git a/client/src/helpers/helpers.js b/client/src/helpers/helpers.js
index 0fdaf9ba78b..c03d9a00548 100644
--- a/client/src/helpers/helpers.js
+++ b/client/src/helpers/helpers.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import {
     DEFAULT_LANGUAGE,
     FILTERED_STATUS,
     FILTERED,
-    BLOCKED_CLIENT,
+    IP_MATCH_LIST_STATUS,
 } from './constants';
 
 /**
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ export const normalizeMultiline = (multiline) => `${normalizeTextarea(multiline)
  * @param cidr {string}
  * @returns {boolean}
  */
-export const isIpInCidr = (ip, cidr) => {
+export const isIpMatchCidr = (ip, cidr) => {
     try {
         const [cidrIp] = cidr.split('/');
         const cidrIpVersion = ipaddr.parse(cidrIp)
@@ -519,24 +519,30 @@ export const isIpInCidr = (ip, cidr) => {
 };
 
 /**
- * @param rawClients {string}
- * @param currentClient {string}
- * @returns {boolean | 'CIDR' | 'IP'}
+ * @param ip {string}
+ * @param list {string}
+ * @returns {'EXACT' | 'CIDR' | 'NOT_FOND'}
  */
-export const isClientInIpsOrCidrs = (rawClients, currentClient) => rawClients.split('\n')
-    .reduce((isClientInList, rawClient) => {
-        if (isClientInList) {
-            return isClientInList;
-        }
+export const getIpMatchListStatus = (ip, list) => {
+    if (!ip || !list) {
+        return IP_MATCH_LIST_STATUS.NOT_FOUND;
+    }
 
-        if (rawClient === currentClient) {
-            return BLOCKED_CLIENT.IP;
-        }
+    return list.split('\n')
+        .reduce((ipMatchList, listItem) => {
+            if (ipMatchList !== IP_MATCH_LIST_STATUS.NOT_FOUND) {
+                return ipMatchList;
+            }
 
-        if (rawClient.includes('/') && isIpInCidr(currentClient, rawClient)) {
-            return BLOCKED_CLIENT.CIDR;
-        }
+            if (listItem === ip) {
+                return IP_MATCH_LIST_STATUS.EXACT;
+            }
 
-        return false;
-    },
-    false);
+            if (listItem.includes('/') && isIpMatchCidr(ip, listItem)) {
+                return IP_MATCH_LIST_STATUS.CIDR;
+            }
+
+            return IP_MATCH_LIST_STATUS.NOT_FOUND;
+        },
+        IP_MATCH_LIST_STATUS.NOT_FOUND);
+};