diff --git a/app/lib/activitypub/activity/create.rb b/app/lib/activitypub/activity/create.rb
index bfb3ce7e8bd..b9f78feb141 100644
--- a/app/lib/activitypub/activity/create.rb
+++ b/app/lib/activitypub/activity/create.rb
@@ -46,10 +46,6 @@ class ActivityPub::Activity::Create < ActivityPub::Activity
     )
   end
 
-  def reject_pattern?
-    Setting.reject_pattern.present? && @object['content']&.match?(Setting.reject_pattern)
-  end
-
   def create_status
     return reject_payload! if unsupported_object_type? || non_matching_uri_hosts?(@account.uri, object_uri) || tombstone_exists? || !related_to_local_activity? || reject_pattern?
 
@@ -417,6 +413,10 @@ class ActivityPub::Activity::Create < ActivityPub::Activity
     Tombstone.exists?(uri: object_uri)
   end
 
+  def reject_pattern?
+    Setting.reject_pattern.present? && @object['content']&.match?(Setting.reject_pattern)
+  end
+
   def forward_for_reply
     return unless @status.distributable? && @json['signature'].present? && reply_to_local?
 
diff --git a/app/validators/regexp_syntax_validator.rb b/app/validators/regexp_syntax_validator.rb
index 57ecf882c24..dd8dc80c9fe 100644
--- a/app/validators/regexp_syntax_validator.rb
+++ b/app/validators/regexp_syntax_validator.rb
@@ -4,10 +4,8 @@ class RegexpSyntaxValidator < ActiveModel::EachValidator
   def validate_each(record, attribute, value)
     return if value.blank?
 
-    begin
-      Regexp.compile(value)
-    rescue RegexpError => e
-      record.errors.add(attribute, I18n.t('applications.invalid_regexp', message: e.message))
-    end
+    Regexp.compile(value)
+  rescue RegexpError => e
+    record.errors.add(attribute, I18n.t('applications.invalid_regexp', message: e.message))
   end
 end