diff --git a/changelog.d/receiverworker-error-handling.fix b/changelog.d/receiverworker-error-handling.fix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f017a2bba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/receiverworker-error-handling.fix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ReceiverWorker: Make sure non-{:ok, _} is returned as {:error, …}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/workers/receiver_worker.ex b/lib/pleroma/workers/receiver_worker.ex
index 1dddd8d2e..8b2052c23 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/workers/receiver_worker.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/workers/receiver_worker.ex
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Workers.ReceiverWorker do
       {:error, {:reject, reason}} -> {:cancel, reason}
       {:signature, false} -> {:cancel, :invalid_signature}
       {:error, {:error, reason = "Object has been deleted"}} -> {:cancel, reason}
-      e -> e
+      {:error, _} = e -> e
+      e -> {:error, e}
     end
   end
 end