diff --git a/api/stacks/deployments/deploy.go b/api/stacks/deployments/deploy.go
index 2581818ef..e111e8001 100644
--- a/api/stacks/deployments/deploy.go
+++ b/api/stacks/deployments/deploy.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/portainer/portainer/api/dataservices"
 	"github.com/portainer/portainer/api/git/update"
 	"github.com/portainer/portainer/api/http/security"
+	"github.com/portainer/portainer/api/internal/endpointutils"
 	"github.com/portainer/portainer/api/scheduler"
 	"github.com/portainer/portainer/api/stacks/stackutils"
 
@@ -171,6 +172,10 @@ func getUserRegistries(datastore dataservices.DataStore, user *portainer.User, e
 }
 
 func isEnvironmentOnline(endpoint *portainer.Endpoint) bool {
+	if endpointutils.IsLocalEndpoint(endpoint) {
+		return true
+	}
+
 	var err error
 	var tlsConfig *tls.Config
 	if endpoint.TLSConfig.TLS {