diff --git a/lib/pleroma/user.ex b/lib/pleroma/user.ex
index 9396815e9..690d751fd 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/user.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/user.ex
@@ -2006,6 +2006,13 @@ defmodule Pleroma.User do
 
   def parse_bio(_, _), do: ""
 
+  def tag_names(%__MODULE__{} = user) do
+    {:ok, tags} = Repo.get_assoc(user, :tags)
+    Enum.map(tags, & &1.name)
+  end
+
+  def tag_names(_), do: []
+
   def tag(user_identifiers, tags) when is_list(user_identifiers) do
     Repo.transaction(fn ->
       for user_identifier <- user_identifiers, do: tag(user_identifier, tags)
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/tag_policy.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/tag_policy.ex
index dc445add2..e4d174fa9 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/tag_policy.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/tag_policy.ex
@@ -32,13 +32,6 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.TagPolicy do
     ]
   end
 
-  defp get_tags(%User{} = user) do
-    {:ok, tags} = Pleroma.Repo.get_assoc(user, :tags)
-    Enum.map(tags, & &1.name)
-  end
-
-  defp get_tags(_), do: []
-
   defp process_tag(
          "mrf_tag:media-force-nsfw",
          %{
@@ -151,8 +144,9 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.TagPolicy do
   defp process_tag(_, message), do: {:ok, message}
 
   def filter_message(actor, message) do
-    User.get_cached_by_ap_id(actor)
-    |> get_tags()
+    actor
+    |> User.get_cached_by_ap_id()
+    |> User.tag_names()
     |> Enum.reduce({:ok, message}, fn
       tag, {:ok, message} ->
         process_tag(tag, message)
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/admin_api/views/account_view.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/admin_api/views/account_view.ex
index ac8c952d9..d90b682e0 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/admin_api/views/account_view.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/admin_api/views/account_view.ex
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.AdminAPI.AccountView do
     avatar = User.avatar_url(user) |> MediaProxy.url()
     display_name = Pleroma.HTML.strip_tags(user.name || user.nickname)
     user = User.sanitize_html(user, FastSanitize.Sanitizer.StripTags)
-    {:ok, user_tags} = Pleroma.Repo.get_assoc(user, :tags)
 
     %{
       "id" => user.id,
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.AdminAPI.AccountView do
       "is_active" => user.is_active,
       "local" => user.local,
       "roles" => roles(user),
-      "tags" => Enum.map(user_tags, & &1.name),
+      "tags" => User.tag_names(user),
       "is_confirmed" => user.is_confirmed,
       "is_approved" => user.is_approved,
       "url" => user.uri || user.ap_id,
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/account_view.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/account_view.ex
index 7e5a5d732..ecb6d5d22 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/account_view.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/account_view.ex
@@ -233,8 +233,6 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.AccountView do
         nil
       end
 
-    {:ok, user_tags} = Pleroma.Repo.get_assoc(user, :tags)
-
     %{
       id: to_string(user.id),
       username: username_from_nickname(user.nickname),
@@ -271,7 +269,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.AccountView do
         ap_id: user.ap_id,
         also_known_as: user.also_known_as,
         is_confirmed: user.is_confirmed,
-        tags: Enum.map(user_tags, & &1.name),
+        tags: User.tag_names(user),
         hide_followers_count: user.hide_followers_count,
         hide_follows_count: user.hide_follows_count,
         hide_followers: user.hide_followers,
diff --git a/test/pleroma/user_test.exs b/test/pleroma/user_test.exs
index 2e485d02c..c015f06b6 100644
--- a/test/pleroma/user_test.exs
+++ b/test/pleroma/user_test.exs
@@ -152,6 +152,20 @@ defmodule Pleroma.UserTest do
     end
   end
 
+  describe "tag_names/1" do
+    test "returns tag names of user" do
+      user =
+        insert(:user, %{
+          tags: [
+            build(:tag, name: "verify"),
+            build(:tag, name: "spam")
+          ]
+        })
+
+      assert User.tag_names(user) == ["verify", "spam"]
+    end
+  end
+
   test "ap_id returns the activity pub id for the user" do
     user = UserBuilder.build()