diff --git a/app/models/admin/account_action.rb b/app/models/admin/account_action.rb
index aed3bc0c7..bce0d6e17 100644
--- a/app/models/admin/account_action.rb
+++ b/app/models/admin/account_action.rb
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ class Admin::AccountAction
   alias send_email_notification? send_email_notification
   alias include_statuses? include_statuses
 
+  validates :type, :target_account, :current_account, presence: true
+
   def initialize(attributes = {})
     @send_email_notification = true
     @include_statuses        = true
@@ -41,13 +43,15 @@ class Admin::AccountAction
   end
 
   def save!
+    raise ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid, self unless valid?
+
     ApplicationRecord.transaction do
       process_action!
       process_strike!
+      process_reports!
     end
 
     process_email!
-    process_reports!
     process_queue!
   end
 
@@ -106,9 +110,8 @@ class Admin::AccountAction
     # Otherwise, we will mark all unresolved reports about
     # the account as resolved.
 
-    reports.each { |report| authorize(report, :update?) }
-
     reports.each do |report|
+      authorize(report, :update?)
       log_action(:resolve, report)
       report.resolve!(current_account)
     end
diff --git a/spec/controllers/api/v1/admin/account_actions_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/api/v1/admin/account_actions_controller_spec.rb
index 199395f55..462c2cfa9 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/api/v1/admin/account_actions_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/api/v1/admin/account_actions_controller_spec.rb
@@ -30,28 +30,40 @@ RSpec.describe Api::V1::Admin::AccountActionsController, type: :controller do
   end
 
   describe 'POST #create' do
-    before do
-      post :create, params: { account_id: account.id, type: 'disable' }
+    context do
+      before do
+        post :create, params: { account_id: account.id, type: 'disable' }
+      end
+
+      it_behaves_like 'forbidden for wrong scope', 'write:statuses'
+      it_behaves_like 'forbidden for wrong role', ''
+
+      it 'returns http success' do
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
+      end
+
+      it 'performs action against account' do
+        expect(account.reload.user_disabled?).to be true
+      end
+
+      it 'logs action' do
+        log_item = Admin::ActionLog.last
+
+        expect(log_item).to_not be_nil
+        expect(log_item.action).to eq :disable
+        expect(log_item.account_id).to eq user.account_id
+        expect(log_item.target_id).to eq account.user.id
+      end
     end
 
-    it_behaves_like 'forbidden for wrong scope', 'write:statuses'
-    it_behaves_like 'forbidden for wrong role', ''
+    context 'with no type' do
+      before do
+        post :create, params: { account_id: account.id }
+      end
 
-    it 'returns http success' do
-      expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
-    end
-
-    it 'performs action against account' do
-      expect(account.reload.user_disabled?).to be true
-    end
-
-    it 'logs action' do
-      log_item = Admin::ActionLog.last
-
-      expect(log_item).to_not be_nil
-      expect(log_item.action).to eq :disable
-      expect(log_item.account_id).to eq user.account_id
-      expect(log_item.target_id).to eq account.user.id
+      it 'returns http unprocessable entity' do
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(422)
+      end
     end
   end
 end