diff --git a/mailpoet/lib/Services/AuthorizedSenderDomainController.php b/mailpoet/lib/Services/AuthorizedSenderDomainController.php
index 4e298d4d3c..01f0de5062 100644
--- a/mailpoet/lib/Services/AuthorizedSenderDomainController.php
+++ b/mailpoet/lib/Services/AuthorizedSenderDomainController.php
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class AuthorizedSenderDomainController {
    * otherwise returns `false`
    */
   public function isDomainDmarcRetricted(string $domain): bool {
-    $result = $this->dmarcPolicyChecker->getDomainDmarcPolicy($domain);
+    $result = $this->getDmarcPolicyForDomain($domain);
     return $result !== DmarcPolicyChecker::POLICY_NONE;
   }
 
diff --git a/mailpoet/lib/Util/DmarcPolicyChecker.php b/mailpoet/lib/Util/DmarcPolicyChecker.php
index 06282ac097..0b18d7defc 100644
--- a/mailpoet/lib/Util/DmarcPolicyChecker.php
+++ b/mailpoet/lib/Util/DmarcPolicyChecker.php
@@ -51,7 +51,13 @@ class DmarcPolicyChecker {
     }
 
     // policy can either be reject or quarantine or none
-    $dmarcStatus = $dmarcInfo['sp'] ?? $dmarcInfo['p'] ?? self::POLICY_NONE;
+    $dmarcStatus = $dmarcInfo['p'] ?? self::POLICY_NONE;
+    // check for subdomain policy
+    $dmarcStatus = (
+      isset($dmarcInfo['sp']) &&
+      ($dmarcInfo['sp'] === self::POLICY_QUARANTINE ||
+      $dmarcInfo['sp'] === self::POLICY_REJECT)
+    ) ? $dmarcInfo['sp'] : $dmarcStatus;
 
     return $dmarcStatus;
   }