diff --git a/src/scrobbler/listenbrainzscrobbler.cpp b/src/scrobbler/listenbrainzscrobbler.cpp
index bd062bcd0..6a1e6ddc2 100644
--- a/src/scrobbler/listenbrainzscrobbler.cpp
+++ b/src/scrobbler/listenbrainzscrobbler.cpp
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ void ListenBrainzScrobbler::UpdateNowPlaying(const Song &song) {
   song_playing_ = song;
   timestamp_ = QDateTime::currentDateTime().toTime_t();
 
-  if (!song.is_metadata_good()) return;
+  if (!song.is_metadata_good()) || !IsAuthenticated()) || app_->scrobbler()->IsOffline()) return;
 
   QString album = song.album();
   album = album.remove(Song::kAlbumRemoveDisc);
diff --git a/src/scrobbler/scrobblingapi20.cpp b/src/scrobbler/scrobblingapi20.cpp
index d91bda43d..e064d07b2 100644
--- a/src/scrobbler/scrobblingapi20.cpp
+++ b/src/scrobbler/scrobblingapi20.cpp
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ void ScrobblingAPI20::UpdateNowPlaying(const Song &song) {
   song_playing_ = song;
   timestamp_ = QDateTime::currentDateTime().toTime_t();
 
-  if (!IsAuthenticated() || !song.is_metadata_good()) return;
+  if (!IsAuthenticated() || !song.is_metadata_good() || app_->scrobbler()->IsOffline()) return;
 
   QString album = song.album();
   album = album.remove(Song::kAlbumRemoveDisc);