diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/common_api/utils.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/common_api/utils.ex
index 50a72aee5..25f498fcb 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/common_api/utils.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/common_api/utils.ex
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.CommonAPI.Utils do
     }
 
     if in_reply_to do
-      in_reply_to_object = Object.normalize(inReplyTo.data["object"])
+      in_reply_to_object = Object.normalize(in_reply_to.data["object"])
 
       object
       |> Map.put("inReplyTo", in_reply_to_object.data["id"])