diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/statuses_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/statuses_controller.rb
index 0627acc30f8..e43231d54d5 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/statuses_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/statuses_controller.rb
@@ -126,10 +126,11 @@ class Api::V1::StatusesController < Api::BaseController
     @status = Status.where(account: current_account).find(params[:id])
     authorize @status, :destroy?
 
+    json = render_to_body json: @status, serializer: REST::StatusSerializer, source_requested: true
+
     @status.discard_with_reblogs
     StatusPin.find_by(status: @status)&.destroy
     @status.account.statuses_count = @status.account.statuses_count - 1
-    json = render_to_body json: @status, serializer: REST::StatusSerializer, source_requested: true
 
     RemovalWorker.perform_async(@status.id, { 'redraft' => !truthy_param?(:delete_media) })