diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/actions/importer/normalizer.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/actions/importer/normalizer.js
index 2ed3a7255b..4466b1cad2 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/actions/importer/normalizer.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/actions/importer/normalizer.js
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ export function normalizeStatus(status, normalOldStatus) {
       normalStatus.url = null;
     }
 
-    normalStatus.url ||= normalStatus.uri;
+    normalStatus.url = normalStatus.url || normalStatus.uri;
 
     normalStatus.media_attachments.forEach(item => {
       if (item.remote_url && !(item.remote_url.startsWith('http://') || item.remote_url.startsWith('https://')))