diff --git a/backend/src/schema/resolvers/posts.js b/backend/src/schema/resolvers/posts.js
index ea715f676..a265c28f0 100644
--- a/backend/src/schema/resolvers/posts.js
+++ b/backend/src/schema/resolvers/posts.js
@@ -11,19 +11,19 @@ const filterForBlockedUsers = async (params, context) => {
     getBlockedByUsers(context),
   ])
   const badIds = [...blockedByUsers.map(b => b.id), ...blockedUsers.map(b => b.id)]
-  if (badIds.length) {
-    params.filter = mergeWith(
-      params.filter,
-      {
-        author_not: { id_in: badIds },
-      },
-      (objValue, srcValue) => {
-        if (isArray(objValue)) {
-          return objValue.concat(srcValue)
-        }
-      },
-    )
-  }
+  if (!badIds.length) return params
+
+  params.filter = mergeWith(
+    params.filter,
+    {
+      author_not: { id_in: badIds },
+    },
+    (objValue, srcValue) => {
+      if (isArray(objValue)) {
+        return objValue.concat(srcValue)
+      }
+    },
+  )
   return params
 }