diff --git a/app/services/fetch_remote_status_service.rb b/app/services/fetch_remote_status_service.rb
index 9c009335b6e967a2654199cbc0ea7d21d1e6e70b..9c3008035d5431e07d1ef0f8c86fdcec0e378e96 100644
--- a/app/services/fetch_remote_status_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/fetch_remote_status_service.rb
@@ -40,6 +40,6 @@ class FetchRemoteStatusService < BaseService
   end
 
   def confirmed_domain?(domain, account)
-    account.domain.nil? || domain.casecmp(account.domain).zero? || domain.casecmp(Addressable::URI.parse(account.remote_url || account.uri).normalized_host).zero?
+    account.domain.nil? || domain.casecmp(account.domain).zero? || domain.casecmp(Addressable::URI.parse(account.remote_url.presence || account.uri).normalized_host).zero?
   end
 end