diff --git a/app/workers/question_worker.rb b/app/workers/question_worker.rb
index 0416244a..8f7823a6 100644
--- a/app/workers/question_worker.rb
+++ b/app/workers/question_worker.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class QuestionWorker
     question = Question.find(question_id)
 
     user.followers.each do |f|
+      next if f.banned?
       next if MuteRule.where(user: f).any? { |rule| rule.applies_to? question }
 
       Inbox.create(user_id: f.id, question_id: question_id, new: true)