diff --git a/src/Model/Item.php b/src/Model/Item.php
index c9024c9cc6..7de856b2f6 100644
--- a/src/Model/Item.php
+++ b/src/Model/Item.php
@@ -1329,6 +1329,11 @@ class Item
 
 		Logger::notice('created item', ['post-id' => $post_user_id, 'uid' => $item['uid'], 'network' => $item['network'], 'uri-id' => $item['uri-id'], 'guid' => $item['guid']]);
 
+		return self::handleCreatedItem($orig_item, $post_user_id, $uid, $notify, $copy_permissions, $parent_origin, $priority, $notify_type, $inserted);
+	}
+
+	private static function handleCreatedItem(array $orig_item, int $post_user_id, int $uid, int $notify, bool $copy_permissions, $parent_origin, int $priority, string $notify_type, bool $inserted): int
+	{
 		$posted_item = Post::selectFirst(self::ITEM_FIELDLIST, ['post-user-id' => $post_user_id]);
 		if (!DBA::isResult($posted_item)) {
 			// On failure store the data into a spool file so that the "SpoolPost" worker can try again later.