diff --git a/app/lib/request.rb b/app/lib/request.rb
index ab42e823009..d7da9fe63c1 100644
--- a/app/lib/request.rb
+++ b/app/lib/request.rb
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class Request
     @url         = Addressable::URI.parse(url).normalize
     @http_client = options.delete(:http_client)
     @allow_local = options.delete(:allow_local)
-    @full_path   = options.delete(:with_query_string)
+    @full_path   = !options.delete(:omit_query_string)
     @options     = options.merge(socket_class: use_proxy? || @allow_local ? ProxySocket : Socket)
     @options     = @options.merge(timeout_class: PerOperationWithDeadline, timeout_options: TIMEOUT)
     @options     = @options.merge(proxy_url) if use_proxy?
diff --git a/app/services/activitypub/fetch_replies_service.rb b/app/services/activitypub/fetch_replies_service.rb
index e2ecdef1659..46cab6caf93 100644
--- a/app/services/activitypub/fetch_replies_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/activitypub/fetch_replies_service.rb
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class ActivityPub::FetchRepliesService < BaseService
     rescue Mastodon::UnexpectedResponseError => e
       raise unless e.response && e.response.code == 401 && Addressable::URI.parse(collection_or_uri).query.present?
 
-      fetch_resource_without_id_validation(collection_or_uri, nil, true, request_options: { with_query_string: true })
+      fetch_resource_without_id_validation(collection_or_uri, nil, true, request_options: { omit_query_string: false })
     end
   end