diff --git a/app/services/fetch_remote_status_service.rb b/app/services/fetch_remote_status_service.rb
index cacf6ba513..9c009335b6 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).normalized_host).zero?
+    account.domain.nil? || domain.casecmp(account.domain).zero? || domain.casecmp(Addressable::URI.parse(account.remote_url || account.uri).normalized_host).zero?
   end
 end