diff --git a/app/lib/activitypub/activity/delete.rb b/app/lib/activitypub/activity/delete.rb
index ce36cfe763..3e77f9b955 100644
--- a/app/lib/activitypub/activity/delete.rb
+++ b/app/lib/activitypub/activity/delete.rb
@@ -59,9 +59,11 @@ class ActivityPub::Activity::Delete < ActivityPub::Activity
     @quote = Quote.find_by(approval_uri: object_uri, quoted_account: @account)
     return if @quote.nil?
 
-    ActivityPub::Forwarder.new(@account, @json, @quote.status).forward!
+    ActivityPub::Forwarder.new(@account, @json, @quote.status).forward! if @quote.status.present?
+
     @quote.reject!
-    DistributionWorker.perform_async(@quote.status_id, { 'update' => true })
+
+    DistributionWorker.perform_async(@quote.status_id, { 'update' => true }) if @quote.status.present?
   end
 
   def forwarder