diff --git a/app/workers/activitypub/fetch_all_replies_worker.rb b/app/workers/activitypub/fetch_all_replies_worker.rb
index 849a06d0fa..5064b96ab6 100644
--- a/app/workers/activitypub/fetch_all_replies_worker.rb
+++ b/app/workers/activitypub/fetch_all_replies_worker.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class ActivityPub::FetchAllRepliesWorker
     @root_status.touch(:fetched_replies_at)
     Rails.logger.debug { "FetchAllRepliesWorker - #{@root_status.uri}: Fetching all replies for status: #{@root_status}" }
 
-    uris_to_fetch, n_pages = get_replies(@root_status.uri, MAX_PAGES, options)
+    uris_to_fetch, n_pages = get_root_replies(@root_status.uri, options)
     return if uris_to_fetch.nil?
 
     fetched_uris = uris_to_fetch.clone.to_set
@@ -49,20 +49,39 @@ class ActivityPub::FetchAllRepliesWorker
 
   private
 
-  def get_replies(status_uri, max_pages, options = {})
-    replies_collection_or_uri = get_replies_uri(status_uri)
+  # @param status [String, Hash]
+  #   status URI, or the prefetched body of the Note object
+  def get_replies(status, max_pages, options = {})
+    replies_collection_or_uri = get_replies_uri(status)
     return if replies_collection_or_uri.nil?
 
-    ActivityPub::FetchAllRepliesService.new.call(status_uri, replies_collection_or_uri, max_pages: max_pages, **options.deep_symbolize_keys)
+    ActivityPub::FetchAllRepliesService.new.call(value_or_id(status), replies_collection_or_uri, max_pages: max_pages, **options.deep_symbolize_keys)
   end
 
-  def get_replies_uri(parent_status_uri)
-    fetch_resource(parent_status_uri, true)&.fetch('replies', nil)
+  # Get the URI of the replies collection of a status
+  #
+  # @param parent_status [String, Hash]
+  #   status URI, or the prefetched body of the Note object
+  def get_replies_uri(parent_status)
+    resource = parent_status.is_a?(Hash) ? parent_status : fetch_resource(parent_status, true)
+    resource&.fetch('replies', nil)
   rescue => e
-    Rails.logger.info { "FetchAllRepliesWorker - #{@root_status.uri}: Caught exception while resolving replies URI #{parent_status_uri}: #{e} - #{e.message}" }
+    Rails.logger.info { "FetchAllRepliesWorker - #{@root_status.uri}: Caught exception while resolving replies URI #{parent_status}: #{e} - #{e.message}" }
     # Raise if we can't get the collection for top-level status to trigger retry
-    raise e if parent_status_uri == @root_status.uri
+    raise e if value_or_id(parent_status) == @root_status.uri
 
     nil
   end
+
+  # Get the root status, updating the status without fetching it twice
+  #
+  # @param root_status_uri [String]
+  def get_root_replies(root_status_uri, options = {})
+    root_status_body = fetch_resource(root_status_uri, true)
+    raise RuntimeError("FetchAllRepliesWorker - #{@root_status.uri}: Root status could not be fetched") if root_status_body.nil?
+
+    FetchReplyWorker.perform_async(root_status_uri, { prefetched_body: root_status_body })
+
+    get_replies(root_status_body, MAX_PAGES, options)
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/workers/fetch_reply_worker.rb b/app/workers/fetch_reply_worker.rb
index 68a7414beb..ecb232bbbb 100644
--- a/app/workers/fetch_reply_worker.rb
+++ b/app/workers/fetch_reply_worker.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ class FetchReplyWorker
   sidekiq_options queue: 'pull', retry: 3
 
   def perform(child_url, options = {})
-    FetchRemoteStatusService.new.call(child_url, **options.deep_symbolize_keys)
+    FetchRemoteStatusService.new.call(child_url, **options.symbolize_keys)
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/workers/activitypub/fetch_all_replies_worker_spec.rb b/spec/workers/activitypub/fetch_all_replies_worker_spec.rb
index 4746d742d0..596965875e 100644
--- a/spec/workers/activitypub/fetch_all_replies_worker_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/workers/activitypub/fetch_all_replies_worker_spec.rb
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ RSpec.describe ActivityPub::FetchAllRepliesWorker do
   before do
     stub_const('Status::FetchRepliesConcern::FETCH_REPLIES_ENABLED', true)
     allow(FetchReplyWorker).to receive(:push_bulk)
+    allow(FetchReplyWorker).to receive(:perform_async)
     all_items.each do |item|
       next if [top_note_uri, reply_note_uri].include? item
 
@@ -146,6 +147,12 @@ RSpec.describe ActivityPub::FetchAllRepliesWorker do
       got_uris = subject.perform(status.id)
       expect(got_uris).to match_array(top_items + top_items_paged)
     end
+
+    it 'fetches the top status only once' do
+      _ = subject.perform(status.id)
+      expect(FetchReplyWorker).to have_received(:perform_async).with(top_note_uri, { prefetched_body: top_object.deep_stringify_keys })
+      expect(a_request(:get, top_note_uri)).to have_been_made.once
+    end
   end
 
   describe 'perform' do