diff --git a/app/models/scheduled_status.rb b/app/models/scheduled_status.rb
index 27f0cbd280c..cb49e907057 100644
--- a/app/models/scheduled_status.rb
+++ b/app/models/scheduled_status.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class ScheduledStatus < ApplicationRecord
 
   TOTAL_LIMIT = 300
   DAILY_LIMIT = 25
+  MINIMUM_OFFSET = 5.minutes.freeze
 
   belongs_to :account, inverse_of: :scheduled_statuses
   has_many :media_attachments, inverse_of: :scheduled_status, dependent: :nullify
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ class ScheduledStatus < ApplicationRecord
   private
 
   def validate_future_date
-    errors.add(:scheduled_at, I18n.t('scheduled_statuses.too_soon')) if scheduled_at.present? && scheduled_at <= Time.now.utc + PostStatusService::MIN_SCHEDULE_OFFSET
+    errors.add(:scheduled_at, I18n.t('scheduled_statuses.too_soon')) if scheduled_at.present? && scheduled_at <= Time.now.utc + MINIMUM_OFFSET
   end
 
   def validate_total_limit
diff --git a/app/services/post_status_service.rb b/app/services/post_status_service.rb
index 8b18ce038d8..8def954a50d 100644
--- a/app/services/post_status_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/post_status_service.rb
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ class PostStatusService < BaseService
   include Redisable
   include LanguagesHelper
 
-  MIN_SCHEDULE_OFFSET = 5.minutes.freeze
-
   class UnexpectedMentionsError < StandardError
     attr_reader :accounts
 
diff --git a/app/workers/scheduler/scheduled_statuses_scheduler.rb b/app/workers/scheduler/scheduled_statuses_scheduler.rb
index 4e251780de5..e2ccabf70f8 100644
--- a/app/workers/scheduler/scheduled_statuses_scheduler.rb
+++ b/app/workers/scheduler/scheduled_statuses_scheduler.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class Scheduler::ScheduledStatusesScheduler
   end
 
   def due_statuses
-    ScheduledStatus.where(scheduled_at: ..Time.now.utc + PostStatusService::MIN_SCHEDULE_OFFSET)
+    ScheduledStatus.where(scheduled_at: ..time_due_at)
   end
 
   def publish_scheduled_announcements!
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class Scheduler::ScheduledStatusesScheduler
   end
 
   def due_announcements
-    Announcement.unpublished.where('scheduled_at IS NOT NULL AND scheduled_at <= ?', Time.now.utc + PostStatusService::MIN_SCHEDULE_OFFSET)
+    Announcement.unpublished.where('scheduled_at IS NOT NULL AND scheduled_at <= ?', time_due_at)
   end
 
   def unpublish_expired_announcements!
@@ -40,4 +40,8 @@ class Scheduler::ScheduledStatusesScheduler
   def expired_announcements
     Announcement.published.where('ends_at IS NOT NULL AND ends_at <= ?', Time.now.utc)
   end
+
+  def time_due_at
+    Time.now.utc + ScheduledStatus::MINIMUM_OFFSET
+  end
 end