diff --git a/app/services/notify_service.rb b/app/services/notify_service.rb
index 9d62b2e505..311930731a 100644
--- a/app/services/notify_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/notify_service.rb
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ class NotifyService < BaseService
     end
 
     def blocked_by_bots_policy?
-      @policy.drop_bots? && from_bot?
+      @policy.drop_bots? && from_bot? && not_following?
     end
   end
 
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ class NotifyService < BaseService
     end
 
     def filtered_by_bots_policy?
-      @policy.filter_bots? && from_bot?
+      @policy.filter_bots? && from_bot? && not_following?
     end
   end