diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v2/media_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v2/media_controller.rb
index 0c1baf01d..288f847f1 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v2/media_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v2/media_controller.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 class Api::V2::MediaController < Api::V1::MediaController
   def create
     @media_attachment = current_account.media_attachments.create!({ delay_processing: true }.merge(media_attachment_params))
-    render json: @media_attachment, serializer: REST::MediaAttachmentSerializer, status: 202
+    render json: @media_attachment, serializer: REST::MediaAttachmentSerializer, status: @media_attachment.not_processed? ? 202 : 200
   rescue Paperclip::Errors::NotIdentifiedByImageMagickError
     render json: file_type_error, status: 422
   rescue Paperclip::Error
diff --git a/app/models/media_attachment.rb b/app/models/media_attachment.rb
index 4a1948380..81e8ef2dc 100644
--- a/app/models/media_attachment.rb
+++ b/app/models/media_attachment.rb
@@ -248,11 +248,11 @@ class MediaAttachment < ApplicationRecord
   attr_writer :delay_processing
 
   def delay_processing?
-    @delay_processing
+    @delay_processing && larger_media_format?
   end
 
   def delay_processing_for_attachment?(attachment_name)
-    @delay_processing && attachment_name == :file
+    delay_processing? && attachment_name == :file
   end
 
   after_commit :enqueue_processing, on: :create