diff --git a/special-pages/pages/new-tab/app/activity/batched-activity.service.js b/special-pages/pages/new-tab/app/activity/batched-activity.service.js
index 57f1329bc8..102606c17b 100644
--- a/special-pages/pages/new-tab/app/activity/batched-activity.service.js
+++ b/special-pages/pages/new-tab/app/activity/batched-activity.service.js
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ export class BatchedActivityService {
      */
     onUrlData(cb) {
         return this.urlService.onData((params) => {
-            if ('patch' in params.data) return console.log('ignoring patch');
+            if ('patch' in params.data && params.data.patch !== null) return console.log('ignoring patch');
             cb(params);
         });
     }
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ export class BatchedActivityService {
      */
     onPatchData() {
         return this.urlService.onData((params) => {
-            if (!('patch' in params.data)) return console.log('ignoring none-patch');
+            if (!('patch' in params.data && params.data.patch !== null)) return console.log('ignoring none-patch');
             this.dataService.publish({ activity: [/** @type {DomainActivity} */ (params.data.patch)] });
         });
     }