diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Newsletter/Controller/Subscriber/NewAction.php b/app/code/Magento/Newsletter/Controller/Subscriber/NewAction.php
index 7763faa5d5a1e..be1cdf6203f44 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Newsletter/Controller/Subscriber/NewAction.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Newsletter/Controller/Subscriber/NewAction.php
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ public function execute()
     {
         if ($this->getRequest()->isPost()
             && $this->getRequest()->getPost('email')
-            && $this->newsletterConfig->isActive()
+            && $this->newsletterConfig->isActive(ScopeInterface::SCOPE_STORE)
         ) {
             $email = (string)$this->getRequest()->getPost('email');