diff --git a/test/web/mastodon_api/mastodon_api_controller_test.exs b/test/web/mastodon_api/mastodon_api_controller_test.exs
index e45b5c9c2..d1812457d 100644
--- a/test/web/mastodon_api/mastodon_api_controller_test.exs
+++ b/test/web/mastodon_api/mastodon_api_controller_test.exs
@@ -652,6 +652,11 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.MastodonAPIControllerTest do
 
       {:ok, activity} = ActivityPub.follow(other_user, user)
 
+      user = Repo.get(User, user.id)
+      other_user = Repo.get(User, other_user.id)
+
+      assert User.following?(other_user, user) == false
+
       conn =
         build_conn()
         |> assign(:user, user)
@@ -667,6 +672,11 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.MastodonAPIControllerTest do
 
       {:ok, activity} = ActivityPub.follow(other_user, user)
 
+      user = Repo.get(User, user.id)
+      other_user = Repo.get(User, other_user.id)
+
+      assert User.following?(other_user, user) == false
+
       conn =
         build_conn()
         |> assign(:user, user)