diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/actions/importer/normalizer.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/actions/importer/normalizer.js
index 12c02dd4d..075dc84ef 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/actions/importer/normalizer.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/actions/importer/normalizer.js
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ export function normalizeStatus(status, normalOldStatus, { bogusQuotePolicy = fa
   }
 
   if (normalOldStatus) {
-    normalStatus.quote_approval ||= normalOldStatus.quote_approval;
+    normalStatus.quote_approval ||= normalOldStatus.get('quote_approval');
 
     const list = normalOldStatus.get('media_attachments');
     if (normalStatus.media_attachments && list) {