diff --git a/app/controllers/accounts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/accounts_controller.rb
index 0a8015a56..124393d62 100644
--- a/app/controllers/accounts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/accounts_controller.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class AccountsController < ApplicationController
   before_action :set_cache_headers
   before_action :set_body_classes
 
-  skip_around_action :set_locale, if: -> { [:json, :rss].include?(request.format) }
+  skip_around_action :set_locale, if: -> { [:json, :rss].include?(request.format&.to_sym) }
   skip_before_action :require_functional!
 
   def show