diff --git a/app/services/process_feed_service.rb b/app/services/process_feed_service.rb
index f085fcd8e..cc35e65b8 100644
--- a/app/services/process_feed_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/process_feed_service.rb
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ class ProcessFeedService < BaseService
       Rails.logger.debug "Creating remote status #{id}"
       status = status_from_xml(@xml)
 
+      return if status.nil?
+      
       if verb == :share
         original_status = status_from_xml(@xml.at_xpath('.//activity:object', activity: TagManager::AS_XMLNS))
         status.reblog   = original_status
@@ -56,8 +58,6 @@ class ProcessFeedService < BaseService
         end
       end
 
-      return if status.nil?
-
       status.save!
 
       NotifyService.new.call(status.reblog.account, status) if status.reblog? && status.reblog.account.local?