diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub.ex
index 46dabd5de..e03e7c471 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub.ex
@@ -756,6 +756,9 @@ def fetch_object_from_id(id) do
            {:ok, activity} <- Transmogrifier.handle_incoming(params) do
         {:ok, Object.normalize(activity.data["object"])}
       else
+        {:reject, nil} ->
+          {:reject, nil}
+
         object = %Object{} ->
           {:ok, object}