diff --git a/app/services/post_status_service.rb b/app/services/post_status_service.rb
index aed6806721..c045a553e5 100644
--- a/app/services/post_status_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/post_status_service.rb
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class PostStatusService < BaseService
   def validate_media!
     return if @options[:media_ids].blank? || !@options[:media_ids].is_a?(Enumerable)
 
-    raise Mastodon::ValidationError, I18n.t('media_attachments.validations.too_many') if @options[:media_ids].size > 4 || @options[:poll_id].present?
+    raise Mastodon::ValidationError, I18n.t('media_attachments.validations.too_many') if @options[:media_ids].size > 4 || @options[:poll].present?
 
     @media = @account.media_attachments.where(status_id: nil).where(id: @options[:media_ids].take(4).map(&:to_i))