diff --git a/src/components/status/status.vue b/src/components/status/status.vue
index c537358b..8237be6c 100644
--- a/src/components/status/status.vue
+++ b/src/components/status/status.vue
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
               >
                 <StatusPopover
                   v-if="!isPreview"
-                  :status-id="status.in_reply_to_status_id"
+                  :status-id="status.parent_visible && status.in_reply_to_status_id"
                   class="reply-to-popover"
                   style="min-width: 0"
                 >
diff --git a/src/components/status_popover/status_popover.js b/src/components/status_popover/status_popover.js
index 159132a9..51e7680c 100644
--- a/src/components/status_popover/status_popover.js
+++ b/src/components/status_popover/status_popover.js
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ const StatusPopover = {
   methods: {
     enter () {
       if (!this.status) {
+        if (!this.statusId) {
+          this.error = true
+          return
+        }
         this.$store.dispatch('fetchStatus', this.statusId)
           .then(data => (this.error = false))
           .catch(e => (this.error = true))