diff --git a/src/activitypub/actors.js b/src/activitypub/actors.js
index 353e093571..711c9d6739 100644
--- a/src/activitypub/actors.js
+++ b/src/activitypub/actors.js
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Actors.assert = async (ids, options = {}) => {
 	let actors = await Promise.all(ids.map(async (id) => {
 		try {
 			// winston.verbose(`[activitypub/actors] Processing ${id}`);
-			const actor = (typeof id === 'object' && id.hasOwnProperty('id')) ? id : await activitypub.get('uid', 0, id);
+			const actor = (typeof id === 'object' && id.hasOwnProperty('id')) ? id : await activitypub.get('uid', 0, id, { cache: false });
 
 			// Follow counts
 			try {
diff --git a/src/activitypub/index.js b/src/activitypub/index.js
index 5cfb5cf308..8854e26edf 100644
--- a/src/activitypub/index.js
+++ b/src/activitypub/index.js
@@ -251,10 +251,14 @@ ActivityPub.verify = async (req) => {
 	}
 };
 
-ActivityPub.get = async (type, id, uri) => {
+ActivityPub.get = async (type, id, uri, options) => {
+	options = {
+		cache: true,
+		...options,
+	};
 	const cacheKey = [id, uri].join(';');
 	const cached = requestCache.get(cacheKey);
-	if (cached !== undefined) {
+	if (options.cache && cached !== undefined) {
 		return cached;
 	}