diff --git a/app/soapbox/components/status.tsx b/app/soapbox/components/status.tsx
index 94e5033f9..a0a05e8bf 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/components/status.tsx
+++ b/app/soapbox/components/status.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { NavLink, useHistory } from 'react-router-dom';
 import Icon from 'soapbox/components/icon';
 import AccountContainer from 'soapbox/containers/account_container';
 import QuotedStatus from 'soapbox/features/status/containers/quoted_status_container';
-import { defaultMediaVisibility, textForScreenReader } from 'soapbox/utils/status';
+import { defaultMediaVisibility, textForScreenReader, getActualStatus } from 'soapbox/utils/status';
 
 import StatusMedia from './status-media';
 import StatusReplyMentions from './status-reply-mentions';
@@ -201,11 +201,7 @@ const Status: React.FC<IStatus> = (props) => {
   };
 
   const _properStatus = (): StatusEntity => {
-    if (status.reblog && typeof status.reblog === 'object') {
-      return status.reblog;
-    } else {
-      return status;
-    }
+    return getActualStatus(status);
   };
 
   if (!status) return null;
diff --git a/app/soapbox/features/status/components/detailed-status.tsx b/app/soapbox/features/status/components/detailed-status.tsx
index 1f890f228..250f81257 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/features/status/components/detailed-status.tsx
+++ b/app/soapbox/features/status/components/detailed-status.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import StatusContent from 'soapbox/components/status_content';
 import { HStack, Text } from 'soapbox/components/ui';
 import AccountContainer from 'soapbox/containers/account_container';
 import QuotedStatus from 'soapbox/features/status/containers/quoted_status_container';
+import { getActualStatus } from 'soapbox/utils/status';
 
 import StatusInteractionBar from './status-interaction-bar';
 
@@ -42,12 +43,7 @@ const DetailedStatus: React.FC<IDetailedStatus> = ({
     onOpenCompareHistoryModal(status);
   };
 
-  const getActualStatus = () => {
-    if (!status) return undefined;
-    return status.reblog && typeof status.reblog === 'object' ? status.reblog : status;
-  };
-
-  const actualStatus = getActualStatus();
+  const actualStatus = getActualStatus(status);
   if (!actualStatus) return null;
   const { account } = actualStatus;
   if (!account || typeof account !== 'object') return null;
diff --git a/app/soapbox/utils/status.ts b/app/soapbox/utils/status.ts
index b0890fb20..c78d2fe6c 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/utils/status.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/utils/status.ts
@@ -58,3 +58,17 @@ export const textForScreenReader = (intl: IntlShape, status: StatusEntity, reblo
 
   return values.join(', ');
 };
+
+/** Get reblogged status if any, otherwise return the original status. */
+// @ts-ignore The type seems right, but TS doesn't like it.
+export const getActualStatus: {
+  (status: StatusEntity): StatusEntity,
+  (status: undefined): undefined,
+  (status: null): null,
+} = (status) => {
+  if (status?.reblog && typeof status?.reblog === 'object') {
+    return status.reblog as StatusEntity;
+  } else {
+    return status;
+  }
+};