diff --git a/app/lib/status_filter.rb b/app/lib/status_filter.rb
index 27e1f9d30fc7ab344681c7b573f9aa28a7e30ac0..a6a050ce1d832559f1c85435cf49155ee49cacc8 100644
--- a/app/lib/status_filter.rb
+++ b/app/lib/status_filter.rb
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class StatusFilter
   end
 
   def silenced_account?
-    status_account_silenced? && !account_following_status_account?
+    !account&.silenced? && status_account_silenced? && !account_following_status_account?
   end
 
   def status_account_silenced?