diff --git a/user_reference/user_reference.module b/user_reference/user_reference.module
index ca2bbfe..34d0760 100644
--- a/user_reference/user_reference.module
+++ b/user_reference/user_reference.module
@@ -61,13 +61,14 @@
        : array(),
     '#options' => user_roles(TRUE),
   );
+
   $form['referenceable_status'] = array(
     '#type' => 'checkboxes',
     '#title' => t('User status that can be referenced'),
     '#default_value' => is_array($settings['referenceable_status'])
       ? array_filter($settings['referenceable_status'])
       : array(1),
-    '#options' => array(1 => t('Active'), 0 => t('Blocked')),
+    '#options' => array(1 => t('Active'), 2 => t('Blocked')),
   );
 
   if (module_exists('views')) {
@@ -859,6 +860,10 @@
 
   // Enable this filter only if any statuses checked (and not both).
   if (count($filter_status) == 1) {
+    //blocked user is saved as 2,it has to be reverted back to 0
+    if (isset($filter_status[2])) {
+      $filter_status = array(0 => 0);
+    }
     $query->condition('u.status', array_keys($filter_status), 'IN');
   }