diff --git a/actions/twitapisearchatom.php b/actions/twitapisearchatom.php
index 1cb8d7efe6..baed2a0c7c 100644
--- a/actions/twitapisearchatom.php
+++ b/actions/twitapisearchatom.php
@@ -208,7 +208,14 @@ class TwitapisearchatomAction extends ApiAction
         $this->showFeed();
 
         foreach ($notices as $n) {
-            $this->showEntry($n);
+
+            $profile = $n->getProfile();
+
+            // Don't show notices from deleted users
+
+            if (!empty($profile)) {
+                $this->showEntry($n);
+            }
         }
 
         $this->endAtom();
diff --git a/lib/jsonsearchresultslist.php b/lib/jsonsearchresultslist.php
index 569bfa8734..0d72ddf7ab 100644
--- a/lib/jsonsearchresultslist.php
+++ b/lib/jsonsearchresultslist.php
@@ -105,8 +105,14 @@ class JSONSearchResultsList
                 break;
             }
 
-            $item = new ResultItem($this->notice);
-            array_push($this->results, $item);
+            $profile = $this->notice->getProfile();
+
+            // Don't show notices from deleted users
+
+            if (!empty($profile)) {
+                $item = new ResultItem($this->notice);
+                array_push($this->results, $item);
+            }
         }
 
         $time_end           = microtime(true);