diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/statuses/reactions_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/statuses/reactions_controller.rb
index e90e46c507..2d7e4f5984 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/statuses/reactions_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/statuses/reactions_controller.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ class Api::V1::Statuses::ReactionsController < Api::BaseController
 
   before_action -> { doorkeeper_authorize! :write, :'write:favourites' }
   before_action :require_user!
-  before_action :set_status, only: [:create]
+  before_action :set_status
 
   def create
     ReactService.new.call(current_account, @status, params[:id])
@@ -13,15 +13,7 @@ class Api::V1::Statuses::ReactionsController < Api::BaseController
   end
 
   def destroy
-    react = current_account.status_reactions.find_by(status_id: params[:status_id], name: params[:id])
-
-    if react
-      @status = react.status
-      UnreactWorker.perform_async(current_account.id, @status.id, params[:id])
-    else
-      @status = Status.find(params[:status_id])
-      authorize @status, :show?
-    end
+    UnreactWorker.perform_async(current_account.id, @status.id, params[:id])
 
     render json: @status, serializer: REST::StatusSerializer, relationships: StatusRelationshipsPresenter.new([@status], current_account.id, reactions_map: { @status.id => false })
   rescue Mastodon::NotPermittedError
diff --git a/app/validators/status_reaction_validator.rb b/app/validators/status_reaction_validator.rb
index 8c623c823d..0338bf531a 100644
--- a/app/validators/status_reaction_validator.rb
+++ b/app/validators/status_reaction_validator.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class StatusReactionValidator < ActiveModel::Validator
     return if reaction.name.blank?
 
     reaction.errors.add(:name, I18n.t('reactions.errors.unrecognized_emoji')) if reaction.custom_emoji_id.blank? && !unicode_emoji?(reaction.name)
-    reaction.errors.add(:base, I18n.t('reactions.errors.limit_reached')) if reaction.account.local? && limit_reached?(reaction)
+    reaction.errors.add(:base, I18n.t('reactions.errors.limit_reached')) if reaction.account.local? && new_reaction?(reaction) && limit_reached?(reaction)
   end
 
   private
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ class StatusReactionValidator < ActiveModel::Validator
     SUPPORTED_EMOJIS.include?(name)
   end
 
+  def new_reaction?(reaction)
+    !reaction.status.status_reactions.exists?(status: reaction.status, account: reaction.account, name: reaction.name)
+  end
+
   def limit_reached?(reaction)
     reaction.status.status_reactions.where(status: reaction.status, account: reaction.account).count >= LIMIT
   end
diff --git a/spec/fabricators/status_reaction_fabricator.rb b/spec/fabricators/status_reaction_fabricator.rb
index f1f3b4cfac..6c5e67e8a4 100644
--- a/spec/fabricators/status_reaction_fabricator.rb
+++ b/spec/fabricators/status_reaction_fabricator.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 Fabricator(:status_reaction) do
-  account      nil
-  status       nil
-  name         'MyString'
-  custom_emoji nil
+  account
+  status
+  name '👍'
+  custom_emoji
 end