diff --git a/src/gui/transferlistwidget.cpp b/src/gui/transferlistwidget.cpp
index f78dd8481..3cc83cb59 100644
--- a/src/gui/transferlistwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/transferlistwidget.cpp
@@ -650,8 +650,11 @@ void TransferListWidget::reannounceSelectedTorrents()
 {
     for (BitTorrent::Torrent *const torrent : asConst(getSelectedTorrents()))
     {
-        torrent->forceReannounce();
-        torrent->forceDHTAnnounce();
+        if (!torrent->isStopped())
+        {
+            torrent->forceReannounce();
+            torrent->forceDHTAnnounce();
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/webui/api/torrentscontroller.cpp b/src/webui/api/torrentscontroller.cpp
index c0e4f777d..0574c8843 100644
--- a/src/webui/api/torrentscontroller.cpp
+++ b/src/webui/api/torrentscontroller.cpp
@@ -1621,9 +1621,12 @@ void TorrentsController::reannounceAction()
     const QStringList hashes {params()[u"hashes"_s].split(u'|')};
     applyToTorrents(hashes, [](BitTorrent::Torrent *const torrent)
     {
-        torrent->forceReannounce();
-        torrent->forceDHTAnnounce();
-     });
+        if (!torrent->isStopped())
+        {
+            torrent->forceReannounce();
+            torrent->forceDHTAnnounce();
+        }
+    });
 
     setResult(QString());
 }