diff --git a/app/controllers/api/avatars.php b/app/controllers/api/avatars.php
index 1d50d2c899..785324739b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/avatars.php
+++ b/app/controllers/api/avatars.php
@@ -375,15 +375,11 @@ App::get('/v1/avatars/favicon')
             throw new Exception(Exception::AVATAR_REMOTE_URL_FAILED);
         }
 
-        if ($res->getStatusCode() !== 200) {
-            throw new Exception(Exception::AVATAR_REMOTE_URL_FAILED);
-        }
-
         $doc = new DOMDocument();
         $doc->strictErrorChecking = false;
         @$doc->loadHTML($res->getBody());
 
-        $links = $doc->getElementsByTagName('link');
+        $links = $doc->getElementsByTagName('link') ?? [];
         $outputHref = '';
         $outputExt = '';
         $space = 0;