diff --git a/app/lib/activitypub/activity/create.rb b/app/lib/activitypub/activity/create.rb
index ea9017b82..f1b38b18a 100644
--- a/app/lib/activitypub/activity/create.rb
+++ b/app/lib/activitypub/activity/create.rb
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class ActivityPub::Activity::Create < ActivityPub::Activity
     return if tag['name'].blank?
 
     hashtag = tag['name'].gsub(/\A#/, '').mb_chars.downcase
-    hashtag = Tag.where(name: hashtag).first_or_create(name: hashtag)
+    hashtag = Tag.where(name: hashtag).first_or_create!(name: hashtag)
 
     return if @tags.include?(hashtag)