diff --git a/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/alert.py b/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/alert.py
index b70f4ac0f3dd..e50fe0a922ac 100644
--- a/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/alert.py
+++ b/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/alert.py
@@ -200,7 +200,8 @@ async def process_alerts(self, job):
         for policy_name, policy in self.policies.items():
             gone_alerts, new_alerts = policy.receive_alerts(now, self.alerts)
 
-            for alert_service_desc in await self.middleware.call("datastore.query", "system.alertservice"):
+            for alert_service_desc in await self.middleware.call("datastore.query", "system.alertservice",
+                                                                 [["enabled", "=", True]]):
                 service_settings = dict(default_settings, **alert_service_desc["settings"])
 
                 service_gone_alerts = [alert for alert in gone_alerts