diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/statuses/emoji_reactioned_by_accounts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/statuses/emoji_reactioned_by_accounts_controller.rb
index 5a3ab1c2fd..92cd5228cc 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/statuses/emoji_reactioned_by_accounts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/statuses/emoji_reactioned_by_accounts_controller.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ class Api::V1::Statuses::EmojiReactionedByAccountsController < Api::BaseControll
   private
 
   def load_accounts
+    return [] unless Setting.enable_emoji_reaction
+    return [] if current_account.nil? && @status.account.emoji_reaction_policy != :allow
+    return [] if current_account.present? && !@status.account.show_emoji_reaction?(current_account)
+
     scope = default_accounts
     scope = scope.where.not(account_id: current_account.excluded_from_timeline_account_ids) unless current_account.nil?
     scope.merge(paginated_emoji_reactions).to_a
diff --git a/app/models/status.rb b/app/models/status.rb
index d91574947a..1863c7644f 100644
--- a/app/models/status.rb
+++ b/app/models/status.rb
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ class Status < ApplicationRecord
 
   def emoji_reactions_grouped_by_name(account = nil)
     return [] if account.present? && !self.account.show_emoji_reaction?(account)
+    return [] if account.nil? && self.account.emoji_reaction_policy != :allow
 
     (Oj.load(status_stat&.emoji_reactions || '', mode: :strict) || []).tap do |emoji_reactions|
       if account.present?
diff --git a/app/serializers/initial_state_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/initial_state_serializer.rb
index 8f1dadec76..4db1be6f73 100644
--- a/app/serializers/initial_state_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/initial_state_serializer.rb
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ class InitialStateSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
       store[:display_media] = Setting.display_media
       store[:reduce_motion] = Setting.reduce_motion
       store[:use_blurhash]  = Setting.use_blurhash
+      store[:enable_emoji_reaction] = Setting.enable_emoji_reaction
     end
 
     store[:disabled_account_id] = object.disabled_account.id.to_s if object.disabled_account
diff --git a/app/serializers/rest/status_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/rest/status_serializer.rb
index 7695b9dc51..e53fb535bc 100644
--- a/app/serializers/rest/status_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/rest/status_serializer.rb
@@ -127,7 +127,9 @@ class REST::StatusSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
 
   def emoji_reactions_count
     if current_user&.account.nil?
-      Setting.enable_emoji_reaction ? object.emoji_reactions_count : 0
+      return 0 unless Setting.enable_emoji_reaction
+
+      object.account.emoji_reaction_policy == :allow ? object.emoji_reactions_count : 0
     else
       object.account.show_emoji_reaction?(current_user.account) ? object.emoji_reactions_count : 0
     end