diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub.ex
index e5f265817..82fffd324 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub.ex
@@ -140,8 +140,9 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.ActivityPub do
              additional
            ),
          {:ok, activity} <- insert(create_data, local),
-         :ok <- maybe_federate(activity),
-         {:ok, _actor} <- User.increase_note_count(actor) do
+         # Changing note count prior to enqueuing federation task in order to avoid race conditions on updating user.info
+         {:ok, _actor} <- User.increase_note_count(actor),
+         :ok <- maybe_federate(activity) do
       {:ok, activity}
     end
   end
@@ -288,8 +289,9 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.ActivityPub do
 
     with {:ok, _} <- Object.delete(object),
          {:ok, activity} <- insert(data, local),
-         :ok <- maybe_federate(activity),
-         {:ok, _actor} <- User.decrease_note_count(user) do
+         # Changing note count prior to enqueuing federation task in order to avoid race conditions on updating user.info
+         {:ok, _actor} <- User.decrease_note_count(user),
+         :ok <- maybe_federate(activity) do
       {:ok, activity}
     end
   end
diff --git a/test/integration/mastodon_websocket_test.exs b/test/integration/mastodon_websocket_test.exs
index 03aabf12c..2e385f5ad 100644
--- a/test/integration/mastodon_websocket_test.exs
+++ b/test/integration/mastodon_websocket_test.exs
@@ -66,13 +66,10 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Integration.MastodonWebsocketTest do
     assert json["payload"]
     assert {:ok, json} = Jason.decode(json["payload"])
 
-    # Note: we remove the "statuses_count" from this result as it changes in the meantime
-
     view_json =
       Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.StatusView.render("status.json", activity: activity, for: nil)
       |> Jason.encode!()
       |> Jason.decode!()
-      |> put_in(["account", "statuses_count"], 0)
 
     assert json == view_json
   end