diff --git a/app/models/status.rb b/app/models/status.rb
index 6226c8493e4..63fbee05cf1 100644
--- a/app/models/status.rb
+++ b/app/models/status.rb
@@ -281,6 +281,10 @@ class Status < ApplicationRecord
     @emojis = CustomEmoji.from_text(fields.join(' '), account.domain)
   end
 
+  def media_attachments_limit
+    local? ? MEDIA_ATTACHMENTS_LIMIT : REMOTE_MEDIA_ATTACHMENTS_LIMIT
+  end
+
   def ordered_media_attachments
     if ordered_media_attachment_ids.nil?
       # NOTE: sort Ruby-side to avoid hitting the database when the status is
@@ -289,7 +293,7 @@ class Status < ApplicationRecord
     else
       map = media_attachments.index_by(&:id)
       ordered_media_attachment_ids.filter_map { |media_attachment_id| map[media_attachment_id] }
-    end.take(MEDIA_ATTACHMENTS_LIMIT)
+    end.take(media_attachments_limit)
   end
 
   def replies_count
diff --git a/app/models/status_edit.rb b/app/models/status_edit.rb
index 6e25a6f3bbd..5bbdea004ff 100644
--- a/app/models/status_edit.rb
+++ b/app/models/status_edit.rb
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class StatusEdit < ApplicationRecord
         map = status.media_attachments.index_by(&:id)
         ordered_media_attachment_ids.map.with_index { |media_attachment_id, index| PreservedMediaAttachment.new(media_attachment: map[media_attachment_id], description: media_descriptions[index]) }
       end
-    end.take(Status::MEDIA_ATTACHMENTS_LIMIT)
+    end.take(status.media_attachments_limit)
   end
 
   def proper