diff --git a/src/activitypub/actors.js b/src/activitypub/actors.js
index 0d5edfa584..fb0cc94de4 100644
--- a/src/activitypub/actors.js
+++ b/src/activitypub/actors.js
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ Actors.assert = async (ids, options = {}) => {
 	const queries = profiles.reduce((memo, profile, idx) => {
 		const { username, fullname } = current[idx];
 
-		if (username !== profile.username) {
+		if (options.update || username !== profile.username) {
 			if (uidsForCurrent[idx] !== 0) {
 				memo.searchRemove.push(['ap.preferredUsername:sorted', `${username.toLowerCase()}:${profile.uid}`]);
 				memo.handleRemove.push(username.toLowerCase());
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ Actors.assert = async (ids, options = {}) => {
 			memo.handleAdd[profile.username.toLowerCase()] = profile.uid;
 		}
 
-		if (profile.fullname && fullname !== profile.fullname) {
+		if (options.update || profile.fullname && fullname !== profile.fullname) {
 			if (fullname && uidsForCurrent[idx] !== 0) {
 				memo.searchRemove.push(['ap.name:sorted', `${fullname.toLowerCase()}:${profile.uid}`]);
 			}