diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/reducers/notifications.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/reducers/notifications.js
index 8dc7a4aba..8d5c6785c 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/reducers/notifications.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/reducers/notifications.js
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ const notificationToMap = (state, notification) => ImmutableMap({
 const normalizeNotification = (state, notification, usePendingItems) => {
   const top = !shouldCountUnreadNotifications(state);
 
-  if (usePendingItems || !top || !state.get('pendingItems').isEmpty()) {
+  if (usePendingItems || !state.get('pendingItems').isEmpty()) {
     return state.update('pendingItems', list => list.unshift(notificationToMap(state, notification))).update('unread', unread => unread + 1);
   }
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ const expandNormalizedNotifications = (state, notifications, next, isLoadingRece
 
   return state.withMutations(mutable => {
     if (!items.isEmpty()) {
-      usePendingItems = isLoadingRecent && (usePendingItems || !mutable.get('top') || !mutable.get('pendingItems').isEmpty());
+      usePendingItems = isLoadingRecent && (usePendingItems || !mutable.get('pendingItems').isEmpty());
 
       mutable.update(usePendingItems ? 'pendingItems' : 'items', list => {
         const lastIndex = 1 + list.findLastIndex(
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/reducers/timelines.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/reducers/timelines.js
index e6bef18e9..df88a6c23 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/reducers/timelines.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/reducers/timelines.js
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ const expandNormalizedTimeline = (state, timeline, statuses, next, isPartial, is
     if (timeline.endsWith(':pinned')) {
       mMap.set('items', statuses.map(status => status.get('id')));
     } else if (!statuses.isEmpty()) {
-      usePendingItems = isLoadingRecent && (usePendingItems || !mMap.get('top') || !mMap.get('pendingItems').isEmpty());
+      usePendingItems = isLoadingRecent && (usePendingItems || !mMap.get('pendingItems').isEmpty());
+
       mMap.update(usePendingItems ? 'pendingItems' : 'items', ImmutableList(), oldIds => {
         const newIds = statuses.map(status => status.get('id'));
         const lastIndex = oldIds.findLastIndex(id => id !== null && compareId(id, newIds.last()) >= 0) + 1;
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ const expandNormalizedTimeline = (state, timeline, statuses, next, isPartial, is
 const updateTimeline = (state, timeline, status, usePendingItems) => {
   const top = state.getIn([timeline, 'top']);
 
-  if (usePendingItems || !top || !state.getIn([timeline, 'pendingItems']).isEmpty()) {
+  if (usePendingItems || !state.getIn([timeline, 'pendingItems']).isEmpty()) {
     if (state.getIn([timeline, 'pendingItems'], ImmutableList()).includes(status.get('id')) || state.getIn([timeline, 'items'], ImmutableList()).includes(status.get('id'))) {
       return state;
     }