Let B(X) be the algebra of all bounded linear operators on an infinite-dimensional complex Banach space X , and denote by rT (x) the local spectral radius of any operator T ∈ B(X) at any vector x ∈ X. In this paper, we characterize surjective maps ϕ on B(X) satisfying r ϕ(T)ϕ(A)+ϕ(A)ϕ(T) (x) = 0 if and only if rT A+AT (x) = 0 for all x ∈ X and A, T ∈ B(X) .