diff --git a/client/coral-plugin-commentbox/CommentBox.js b/client/coral-plugin-commentbox/CommentBox.js
index 0167d517f..501d2ecc9 100644
--- a/client/coral-plugin-commentbox/CommentBox.js
+++ b/client/coral-plugin-commentbox/CommentBox.js
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ class CommentBox extends Component {
     postItem(comment, 'comments')
       .then((postedComment) => {
         const commentId = postedComment.id;
-        const status = postedComment.status;
-        if (status[0] && status[0].type === 'rejected') {
+        if (postedComment.status === 'rejected') {
           addNotification('error', lang.t('comment-post-banned-word'));
         } else if (premod === 'pre') {
           addNotification('success', lang.t('comment-post-notif-premod'));