diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d0fca146d8..3674d773d7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -168,6 +168,8 @@ These changes are available on the `master` branch, but have not yet been releas
   ([#2191](https://github.com/Pycord-Development/pycord/pull/2191))
 - Fixed a misplaced payload object inside of the thread creation payload.
   ([#2192](https://github.com/Pycord-Development/pycord/pull/2192))
+- Fixed `DMChannel.recipient` being None and consequently `User.dm_channel` also being
+  None. ([#2219](https://github.com/Pycord-Development/pycord/pull/2219))
 
 ## [2.4.1] - 2023-03-20
 
diff --git a/discord/channel.py b/discord/channel.py
index 076b2c704f..6121dd5890 100644
--- a/discord/channel.py
+++ b/discord/channel.py
@@ -2817,7 +2817,7 @@ def __init__(
         self._state: ConnectionState = state
         self.recipient: User | None = None
         if r := data.get("recipients"):
-            self.recipient: state.store_user(r[0])
+            self.recipient = state.store_user(r[0])
         self.me: ClientUser = me
         self.id: int = int(data["id"])