diff --git a/src/applications/feed/PhabricatorFeedStoryPublisher.php b/src/applications/feed/PhabricatorFeedStoryPublisher.php
--- a/src/applications/feed/PhabricatorFeedStoryPublisher.php
+++ b/src/applications/feed/PhabricatorFeedStoryPublisher.php
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@
     }
 
     $subscribed_phids = $this->subscribedPHIDs;
-    $subscribed_phids = $this->filterSubscribedPHIDs($subscribed_phids);
     if ($subscribed_phids) {
+      $subscribed_phids = $this->filterSubscribedPHIDs($subscribed_phids);
       $this->insertNotifications($chrono_key, $subscribed_phids);
       $this->sendNotification($chrono_key, $subscribed_phids);
     }