diff --git a/app/lib/activitypub/activity/reject.rb b/app/lib/activitypub/activity/reject.rb
index e5684367a2..d27b60a604 100644
--- a/app/lib/activitypub/activity/reject.rb
+++ b/app/lib/activitypub/activity/reject.rb
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class ActivityPub::Activity::Reject < ActivityPub::Activity
     quote = quote_from_request_json(@object)
     return unless quote.present? && quote.status.local?
 
-    reject_quote!(quoting_status.quote)
+    reject_quote!(quote)
   end
 
   def reject_quote!(quote)