diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/federator.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/federator.ex
index e812b1a46..58260afa8 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/federator.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/federator.ex
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.Federator do
 
     # NOTE: we use the actor ID to do the containment, this is fine because an
     # actor shouldn't be acting on objects outside their own AP server.
-    with {_, {:ok, _user}} <- {:actor, User.get_or_fetch_by_ap_id(actor)},
+    with {_, {:ok, user}} <- {:actor, User.get_or_fetch_by_ap_id(actor)},
+         {:user_active, true} <- {:user_active, match?(true, user.is_active)},
          nil <- Activity.normalize(params["id"]),
          {_, :ok} <-
            {:correct_origin?, Containment.contain_origin_from_id(actor, params)},
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/workers/receiver_worker.ex b/lib/pleroma/workers/receiver_worker.ex
index 6787a59ef..0373ec15f 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/workers/receiver_worker.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/workers/receiver_worker.ex
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Workers.ReceiverWorker do
       query_string: query_string
     }
 
-    with {:ok, %User{} = actor} <- User.get_or_fetch_by_ap_id(conn_data.params["actor"]),
-         {:user_active, true} <- {:user_active, match?(true, actor.is_active)},
+    with {:ok, %User{}} <- User.get_or_fetch_by_ap_id(conn_data.params["actor"]),
          {:ok, _public_key} <- Signature.refetch_public_key(conn_data),
          {:signature, true} <- {:signature, Signature.validate_signature(conn_data)},
          {:ok, res} <- Federator.perform(:incoming_ap_doc, params) do
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Workers.ReceiverWorker do
       {:error, :not_found} = reason -> {:cancel, reason}
       {:error, :forbidden} = reason -> {:cancel, reason}
       # Inactive user
-      {:user_active, false} = reason -> {:cancel, reason}
+      {:error, {:user_active, false} = reason} -> {:cancel, reason}
       # Validator will error and return a changeset error
       # e.g., duplicate activities or if the object was deleted
       {:error, {:validate, {:error, _changeset} = reason}} -> {:cancel, reason}
diff --git a/test/pleroma/workers/receiver_worker_test.exs b/test/pleroma/workers/receiver_worker_test.exs
index 779e83eaa..4d53c44ed 100644
--- a/test/pleroma/workers/receiver_worker_test.exs
+++ b/test/pleroma/workers/receiver_worker_test.exs
@@ -138,15 +138,13 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Workers.ReceiverWorkerTest do
       {:ok, %User{}} = User.set_activation(user, false)
 
       {:ok, oban_job} =
-        ReceiverWorker.new(%{
-          "op" => "incoming_ap_doc",
-          "method" => "POST",
-          "req_headers" => [],
-          "request_path" => "/inbox",
-          "params" => params,
-          "query_string" => ""
+        Federator.incoming_ap_doc(%{
+          method: "POST",
+          req_headers: [],
+          request_path: "/inbox",
+          params: params,
+          query_string: ""
         })
-        |> Oban.insert()
 
       assert {:cancel, {:user_active, false}} = ReceiverWorker.perform(oban_job)
     end