diff --git a/app/services/update_remote_profile_service.rb b/app/services/update_remote_profile_service.rb
index cfa5479969..ad9c56540d 100644
--- a/app/services/update_remote_profile_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/update_remote_profile_service.rb
@@ -8,9 +8,12 @@ class UpdateRemoteProfileService < BaseService
     hub_link   = xml.at_xpath('./xmlns:link[@rel="hub"]', xmlns: TagManager::XMLNS)
 
     unless author_xml.nil?
-      account.display_name      = author_xml.at_xpath('./poco:displayName', poco: TagManager::POCO_XMLNS).content unless author_xml.at_xpath('./poco:displayName', poco: TagManager::POCO_XMLNS).nil?
-      account.note              = author_xml.at_xpath('./poco:note', poco: TagManager::POCO_XMLNS).content unless author_xml.at_xpath('./poco:note', poco: TagManager::POCO_XMLNS).nil?
-      account.avatar_remote_url = author_xml.at_xpath('./xmlns:link[@rel="avatar"]', xmlns: TagManager::XMLNS)['href'] unless author_xml.at_xpath('./xmlns:link[@rel="avatar"]', xmlns: TagManager::XMLNS).nil? || author_xml.at_xpath('./xmlns:link[@rel="avatar"]', xmlns: TagManager::XMLNS)['href'].blank? || account.suspended?
+      account.display_name = author_xml.at_xpath('./poco:displayName', poco: TagManager::POCO_XMLNS).content unless author_xml.at_xpath('./poco:displayName', poco: TagManager::POCO_XMLNS).nil?
+      account.note         = author_xml.at_xpath('./poco:note', poco: TagManager::POCO_XMLNS).content unless author_xml.at_xpath('./poco:note', poco: TagManager::POCO_XMLNS).nil?
+
+      unless account.suspended? || DomainBlock.find_by(domain: account.domain)&.reject_media?
+        account.avatar_remote_url = author_xml.at_xpath('./xmlns:link[@rel="avatar"]', xmlns: TagManager::XMLNS)['href'] unless author_xml.at_xpath('./xmlns:link[@rel="avatar"]', xmlns: TagManager::XMLNS).nil? || author_xml.at_xpath('./xmlns:link[@rel="avatar"]', xmlns: TagManager::XMLNS)['href'].blank?
+      end
     end
 
     old_hub_url     = account.hub_url