diff --git a/app/workers/activitypub/distribute_poll_update_worker.rb b/app/workers/activitypub/distribute_poll_update_worker.rb
index 718279c1b..02da583cd 100644
--- a/app/workers/activitypub/distribute_poll_update_worker.rb
+++ b/app/workers/activitypub/distribute_poll_update_worker.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class ActivityPub::DistributePollUpdateWorker
     @status  = Status.find(status_id)
     @account = @status.account
 
-    return unless @status.poll
+    return if @status.poll.nil? || @status.local_only?
 
     ActivityPub::DeliveryWorker.push_bulk(inboxes) do |inbox_url|
       [payload, @account.id, inbox_url]