diff --git a/app/controllers/activitypub/quote_authorizations_controller.rb b/app/controllers/activitypub/quote_authorizations_controller.rb
index 274afb929a..f2f5313e1a 100644
--- a/app/controllers/activitypub/quote_authorizations_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/activitypub/quote_authorizations_controller.rb
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ class ActivityPub::QuoteAuthorizationsController < ActivityPub::BaseController
 
   def set_quote_authorization
     @quote = Quote.accepted.where(quoted_account: @account).find(params[:id])
+    return not_found unless @quote.status.present? && @quote.quoted_status.present?
+
     authorize @quote.status, :show?
   rescue Mastodon::NotPermittedError
     not_found