diff --git a/src/applications/phriction/controller/PhrictionDeleteController.php b/src/applications/phriction/controller/PhrictionDeleteController.php
index 18670f100a..e48dff69fd 100644
--- a/src/applications/phriction/controller/PhrictionDeleteController.php
+++ b/src/applications/phriction/controller/PhrictionDeleteController.php
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ final class PhrictionDeleteController extends PhrictionController {
     $disallowed_states = array(
       PhrictionDocumentStatus::STATUS_DELETED, // Stupid
       PhrictionDocumentStatus::STATUS_MOVED, // Makes no sense
+      PhrictionDocumentStatus::STATUS_STUB, // How could they?
     );
     if (in_array($document->getStatus(), $disallowed_states)) {
       $e_text = pht('An already moved or deleted document can not be deleted');
diff --git a/src/applications/phriction/controller/PhrictionMoveController.php b/src/applications/phriction/controller/PhrictionMoveController.php
index abc90a275b..3eaac68b4e 100644
--- a/src/applications/phriction/controller/PhrictionMoveController.php
+++ b/src/applications/phriction/controller/PhrictionMoveController.php
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ final class PhrictionMoveController
     $disallowed_statuses = array(
       PhrictionDocumentStatus::STATUS_DELETED, // Stupid
       PhrictionDocumentStatus::STATUS_MOVED, // Plain stupid
+      PhrictionDocumentStatus::STATUS_STUB, // Utterly stupid
     );
     if (in_array($document->getStatus(), $disallowed_statuses)) {
       $error_view = new AphrontErrorView();