diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/admin_api/views/status_view.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/admin_api/views/status_view.ex
index 500800be2..6042a22b6 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/admin_api/views/status_view.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/admin_api/views/status_view.ex
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.AdminAPI.StatusView do
   require Pleroma.Constants
 
   alias Pleroma.Web.AdminAPI
+  alias Pleroma.Web.CommonAPI
   alias Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI
 
   defdelegate merge_account_views(user), to: AdminAPI.AccountView
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.AdminAPI.StatusView do
   end
 
   def render("show.json", %{activity: %{data: %{"object" => _object}} = activity} = opts) do
-    user = MastodonAPI.StatusView.get_user(activity.data["actor"])
+    user = CommonAPI.get_user(activity.data["actor"])
 
     MastodonAPI.StatusView.render("show.json", opts)
     |> Map.merge(%{account: merge_account_views(user)})
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/common_api/common_api.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/common_api/common_api.ex
index 5ad2b91c2..d6e9d3d67 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/common_api/common_api.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/common_api/common_api.ex
@@ -550,4 +550,21 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.CommonAPI do
   def show_reblogs(%User{} = user, %User{} = target) do
     UserRelationship.delete_reblog_mute(user, target)
   end
+
+  def get_user(ap_id, fake_record_fallback \\ true) do
+    cond do
+      user = User.get_cached_by_ap_id(ap_id) ->
+        user
+
+      user = User.get_by_guessed_nickname(ap_id) ->
+        user
+
+      fake_record_fallback ->
+        # TODO: refactor (fake records is never a good idea)
+        User.error_user(ap_id)
+
+      true ->
+        nil
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/status_view.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/status_view.ex
index 3fe1967be..66732d09e 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/status_view.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/status_view.ex
@@ -56,23 +56,6 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.StatusView do
     end)
   end
 
-  def get_user(ap_id, fake_record_fallback \\ true) do
-    cond do
-      user = User.get_cached_by_ap_id(ap_id) ->
-        user
-
-      user = User.get_by_guessed_nickname(ap_id) ->
-        user
-
-      fake_record_fallback ->
-        # TODO: refactor (fake records is never a good idea)
-        User.error_user(ap_id)
-
-      true ->
-        nil
-    end
-  end
-
   defp get_context_id(%{data: %{"context_id" => context_id}}) when not is_nil(context_id),
     do: context_id
 
@@ -120,7 +103,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.StatusView do
           # Note: unresolved users are filtered out
           actors =
             (activities ++ parent_activities)
-            |> Enum.map(&get_user(&1.data["actor"], false))
+            |> Enum.map(&CommonAPI.get_user(&1.data["actor"], false))
             |> Enum.filter(& &1)
 
           UserRelationship.view_relationships_option(reading_user, actors, subset: :source_mutes)
@@ -139,7 +122,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.StatusView do
         "show.json",
         %{activity: %{data: %{"type" => "Announce", "object" => _object}} = activity} = opts
       ) do
-    user = get_user(activity.data["actor"])
+    user = CommonAPI.get_user(activity.data["actor"])
     created_at = Utils.to_masto_date(activity.data["published"])
     activity_object = Object.normalize(activity)
 
@@ -212,7 +195,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.StatusView do
   def render("show.json", %{activity: %{data: %{"object" => _object}} = activity} = opts) do
     object = Object.normalize(activity)
 
-    user = get_user(activity.data["actor"])
+    user = CommonAPI.get_user(activity.data["actor"])
     user_follower_address = user.follower_address
 
     like_count = object.data["like_count"] || 0
@@ -266,7 +249,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.StatusView do
 
     reply_to = get_reply_to(activity, opts)
 
-    reply_to_user = reply_to && get_user(reply_to.data["actor"])
+    reply_to_user = reply_to && CommonAPI.get_user(reply_to.data["actor"])
 
     content =
       object
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/pleroma_api/views/scrobble_view.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/pleroma_api/views/scrobble_view.ex
index bbff93abe..95bd4c368 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/pleroma_api/views/scrobble_view.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/pleroma_api/views/scrobble_view.ex
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.PleromaAPI.ScrobbleView do
   alias Pleroma.Activity
   alias Pleroma.HTML
   alias Pleroma.Object
+  alias Pleroma.Web.CommonAPI
   alias Pleroma.Web.CommonAPI.Utils
   alias Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.AccountView
-  alias Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.StatusView
 
   def render("show.json", %{activity: %Activity{data: %{"type" => "Listen"}} = activity} = opts) do
     object = Object.normalize(activity)
 
-    user = StatusView.get_user(activity.data["actor"])
+    user = CommonAPI.get_user(activity.data["actor"])
     created_at = Utils.to_masto_date(activity.data["published"])
 
     %{
diff --git a/test/web/common_api/common_api_test.exs b/test/web/common_api/common_api_test.exs
index 4ba6232dc..d171b344a 100644
--- a/test/web/common_api/common_api_test.exs
+++ b/test/web/common_api/common_api_test.exs
@@ -1126,4 +1126,24 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.CommonAPITest do
       assert Visibility.get_visibility(activity) == "private"
     end
   end
+
+  describe "get_user/1" do
+    test "gets user by ap_id" do
+      user = insert(:user)
+      assert CommonAPI.get_user(user.ap_id) == user
+    end
+
+    test "gets user by guessed nickname" do
+      user = insert(:user, ap_id: "", nickname: "mario@mushroom.kingdom")
+      assert CommonAPI.get_user("https://mushroom.kingdom/users/mario") == user
+    end
+
+    test "fallback" do
+      assert %User{
+               name: "",
+               ap_id: "",
+               nickname: "erroruser@example.com"
+             } = CommonAPI.get_user("")
+    end
+  end
 end