diff --git a/app/services/fetch_remote_status_service.rb b/app/services/fetch_remote_status_service.rb
index 21d277aff..eafde4d4a 100644
--- a/app/services/fetch_remote_status_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/fetch_remote_status_service.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ class FetchRemoteStatusService < BaseService
       resource_options = { prefetched_body: prefetched_body }
     end
 
-    ActivityPub::FetchRemoteStatusService.new.call(resource_url, **resource_options)
+    ActivityPub::FetchRemoteStatusService.new.call(resource_url, **resource_options) unless resource_url.nil?
   end
 end