diff --git a/src/Storages/Distributed/DistributedBlockOutputStream.cpp b/src/Storages/Distributed/DistributedBlockOutputStream.cpp
index ae0af5f9cf4..e8c45826a35 100644
--- a/src/Storages/Distributed/DistributedBlockOutputStream.cpp
+++ b/src/Storages/Distributed/DistributedBlockOutputStream.cpp
@@ -275,12 +275,12 @@ ThreadPool::Job DistributedBlockOutputStream::runWritingJob(DistributedBlockOutp
         }
 
         const Block & shard_block = (num_shards > 1) ? job.current_shard_block : current_block;
+        const Settings & settings = context.getSettingsRef();
 
-        if (!job.is_local_job)
+        if (!job.is_local_job || !settings.prefer_localhost_replica)
         {
             if (!job.stream)
             {
-                const Settings & settings = context.getSettingsRef();
                 auto timeouts = ConnectionTimeouts::getTCPTimeoutsWithFailover(settings);
                 if (shard_info.hasInternalReplication())
                 {
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ ThreadPool::Job DistributedBlockOutputStream::runWritingJob(DistributedBlockOutp
             CurrentMetrics::Increment metric_increment{CurrentMetrics::DistributedSend};
             job.stream->write(shard_block);
         }
-        else
+        else // local
         {
             if (!job.stream)
             {
@@ -507,10 +507,11 @@ void DistributedBlockOutputStream::writeSplitAsync(const Block & block)
 void DistributedBlockOutputStream::writeAsyncImpl(const Block & block, const size_t shard_id)
 {
     const auto & shard_info = cluster->getShardsInfo()[shard_id];
+    const auto & settings = context.getSettingsRef();
 
     if (shard_info.hasInternalReplication())
     {
-        if (shard_info.getLocalNodeCount() > 0)
+        if (shard_info.getLocalNodeCount() > 0 && settings.prefer_localhost_replica)
         {
             /// Prefer insert into current instance directly
             writeToLocal(block, shard_info.getLocalNodeCount());
@@ -531,7 +532,7 @@ void DistributedBlockOutputStream::writeAsyncImpl(const Block & block, const siz
         std::vector<std::string> dir_names;
         for (const auto & address : cluster->getShardsAddresses()[shard_id])
             if (!address.is_local)
-                dir_names.push_back(address.toFullString(context.getSettingsRef().use_compact_format_in_distributed_parts_names));
+                dir_names.push_back(address.toFullString(settings.use_compact_format_in_distributed_parts_names));
 
         if (!dir_names.empty())
             writeToShard(block, dir_names);