diff --git a/app/lib/status_reach_finder.rb b/app/lib/status_reach_finder.rb
index 0e755d433f35b4ded7faac400ed2650f92d0f681..735d66a4f78c7a176ada2228c11183c2c5b09b44 100644
--- a/app/lib/status_reach_finder.rb
+++ b/app/lib/status_reach_finder.rb
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class StatusReachFinder
   end
 
   def followers_inboxes
-    if @status.reply? && @status.thread.account.local? && @status.distributable?
+    if @status.in_reply_to_local_account? && @status.distributable?
       @status.account.followers.or(@status.thread.account.followers).inboxes
     else
       @status.account.followers.inboxes
diff --git a/app/models/status.rb b/app/models/status.rb
index 74e81f6127cdb5c7d01538cb1fc61c70b882954d..847921ac233dfbd13f54b11b5fb6f685471d6e57 100644
--- a/app/models/status.rb
+++ b/app/models/status.rb
@@ -161,6 +161,10 @@ class Status < ApplicationRecord
     attributes['local'] || uri.nil?
   end
 
+  def in_reply_to_local_account?
+    reply? && thread&.account&.local?
+  end
+
   def reblog?
     !reblog_of_id.nil?
   end
diff --git a/app/workers/activitypub/distribution_worker.rb b/app/workers/activitypub/distribution_worker.rb
index 9b4814644f278a829de4430bed00f6f069e1a7db..09898ca49eece1fd2e78616dfe0e1b0d0a45884c 100644
--- a/app/workers/activitypub/distribution_worker.rb
+++ b/app/workers/activitypub/distribution_worker.rb
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class ActivityPub::DistributionWorker
     # Deliver the status to all followers.
     # If the status is a reply to another local status, also forward it to that
     # status' authors' followers.
-    @inboxes ||= if @status.reply? && @status.thread.account.local? && @status.distributable?
+    @inboxes ||= if @status.in_reply_to_local_account? && @status.distributable?
                    @account.followers.or(@status.thread.account.followers).inboxes
                  else
                    @account.followers.inboxes