diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/statuses/reactions_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/statuses/reactions_controller.rb
index 2d7e4f5984..1d8382f833 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/statuses/reactions_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/statuses/reactions_controller.rb
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ class Api::V1::Statuses::ReactionsController < Api::BaseController
   before_action :set_status
 
   def create
-    ReactService.new.call(current_account, @status, params[:id])
+    ReactService.new.call(current_account, @status, normalize(params[:id]))
     render json: @status, serializer: REST::StatusSerializer
   end
 
   def destroy
-    UnreactWorker.perform_async(current_account.id, @status.id, params[:id])
+    UnreactWorker.perform_async(current_account.id, @status.id, normalize(params[:id]))
 
     render json: @status, serializer: REST::StatusSerializer, relationships: StatusRelationshipsPresenter.new([@status], current_account.id, reactions_map: { @status.id => false })
   rescue Mastodon::NotPermittedError
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ class Api::V1::Statuses::ReactionsController < Api::BaseController
 
   private
 
+  def normalize(name)
+    normalized = "#{name}\uFE0F"
+    return normalized if StatusReactionValidator::SUPPORTED_EMOJIS.include?(normalized)
+
+    name
+  end
+
   def set_status
     @status = Status.find(params[:status_id])
     authorize @status, :show?
diff --git a/app/services/react_service.rb b/app/services/react_service.rb
index be19bd8501..cfc3f99a78 100644
--- a/app/services/react_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/react_service.rb
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ class ReactService < BaseService
     name, domain = emoji.split('@')
     return unless domain.nil? || status.local?
 
-    normalized = "#{name}\uFE0F"
-    name = normalized if StatusReactionValidator::SUPPORTED_EMOJIS.include?(normalized)
-
     custom_emoji = CustomEmoji.find_by(shortcode: name, domain: domain)
     reaction = StatusReaction.find_by(account: account, status: status, name: name, custom_emoji: custom_emoji)
     return reaction unless reaction.nil?