diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/actions/notifications.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/actions/notifications.js
index 7267b85bd0260d22a0ff24c078d28147786efb75..da77afbe0eeb534f9a44f54bf7634ee44d57651d 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/actions/notifications.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/actions/notifications.js
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ export function updateNotifications(notification, intlMessages, intlLocale) {
     const playSound = getState().getIn(['settings', 'notifications', 'sounds', notification.type], true);
 
     dispatch(importFetchedAccount(notification.account));
-    dispatch(importFetchedStatus(notification.status));
+    if (notification.status) {
+      dispatch(importFetchedStatus(notification.status));
+    }
 
     dispatch({
       type: NOTIFICATIONS_UPDATE,