diff --git a/app/workers/activitypub/delivery_worker.rb b/app/workers/activitypub/delivery_worker.rb
index 376c237a9..6a7574200 100644
--- a/app/workers/activitypub/delivery_worker.rb
+++ b/app/workers/activitypub/delivery_worker.rb
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class ActivityPub::DeliveryWorker
     light = Stoplight(@inbox_url) do
       request_pool.with(@host) do |http_client|
         build_request(http_client).perform do |response|
-          raise Mastodon::UnexpectedResponseError, response unless response_successful?(response) || response_error_unsalvageable?(response)
+          raise Mastodon::UnexpectedResponseError, response unless response_successful?(response) || response_error_unsalvageable?(response) || unsalvageable_authorization_failure?(response)
 
           @performed = true
         end
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ class ActivityPub::DeliveryWorker
          .run
   end
 
+  def unsalvageable_authorization_failure?(response)
+    @source_account.suspended_permanently? && response.code == 401
+  end
+
   def failure_tracker
     @failure_tracker ||= DeliveryFailureTracker.new(@inbox_url)
   end