diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c5696f04d6..1c39e56e6f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ These changes are available on the `master` branch, but have not yet been releas
 
 - Fixed breaking change in `ui.Select` Generic typing by adding default values to
   TypeVars. ([#3002](https://github.com/Pycord-Development/pycord/pull/3002))
+- Fixed `View`'s `disable_on_timeout` not working in private (DM) channels.
+  ([#3016](https://github.com/Pycord-Development/pycord/pull/3016))
 
 ### Deprecated
 
diff --git a/discord/ui/view.py b/discord/ui/view.py
index 9d03339d09..469d76c0b0 100644
--- a/discord/ui/view.py
+++ b/discord/ui/view.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 from ..components import TextDisplay as TextDisplayComponent
 from ..components import Thumbnail as ThumbnailComponent
 from ..components import _component_factory
+from ..enums import ChannelType
 from ..utils import find
 from .core import ItemInterface
 from .item import ItemCallbackType, ViewItem
@@ -303,7 +304,11 @@ async def on_timeout(self) -> None:
         if self.disable_on_timeout:
             self.disable_all_items()
 
-            if not self._message or self._message.flags.ephemeral:
+            if (
+                not self._message
+                or self._message.flags.ephemeral
+                or (self._message.channel.type == ChannelType.private)
+            ):
                 message = self.parent
             else:
                 message = self.message