diff --git a/src/view/phui/PHUIFeedStoryView.php b/src/view/phui/PHUIFeedStoryView.php
index 35c782ee72..0c455ad9e8 100644
--- a/src/view/phui/PHUIFeedStoryView.php
+++ b/src/view/phui/PHUIFeedStoryView.php
@@ -189,7 +189,13 @@ final class PHUIFeedStoryView extends AphrontView {
     }
 
     if ($this->epoch) {
-      $foot = phabricator_datetime($this->epoch, $this->user);
+      // TODO: This is really bad; when rendering through Conduit and via
+      // renderText() we don't have a user.
+      if ($this->user) {
+        $foot = phabricator_datetime($this->epoch, $this->user);
+      } else {
+        $foot = null;
+      }
     } else {
       $foot = pht('No time specified.');
     }