diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/status_view.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/status_view.ex
index 80d53adff..cc807f603 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/status_view.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/status_view.ex
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.StatusView do
   # This is a naive way to do this, just spawning a process per activity
   # to fetch the preview. However it should be fine considering
   # pagination is restricted to 40 activities at a time
+  # Force disable Websockets streaming for backfill jobs,
+  # otherwise old posts can show up on timelines.
   defp fetch_rich_media_for_activities(activities, opts) do
+    opts = Map.put(opts, :stream, false)
     Enum.each(activities, fn activity ->
       Card.get_by_activity(activity, opts)
     end)
@@ -362,8 +365,10 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.StatusView do
 
     summary = object.data["summary"] || ""
 
+    # Force disable Websockets streaming for backfill jobs which the below call will create,
+    # otherwise old posts can show up on timelines.
     card =
-      case Card.get_by_activity(activity, opts) do
+      case Card.get_by_activity(activity, Map.put(opts, :stream, false)) do
         %Card{} = result -> render("card.json", result)
         _ -> nil
       end