diff --git a/changelog.d/reply-quote-config.fix b/changelog.d/reply-quote-config.fix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b6ac4e5e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/reply-quote-config.fix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix reply form crash when quote-reply settings are unavailable
diff --git a/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.js b/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.js
index 6dfe48925..b5feb8e11 100644
--- a/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.js
+++ b/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.js
@@ -381,7 +381,11 @@ const PostStatusForm = {
       },
     },
     defaultQuotable() {
-      if (!this.quotingAvailable || !this.isReply) {
+      if (
+        !this.quotingAvailable ||
+        !this.isReply ||
+        !useMergedConfigStore().mergedConfig.quoteReply
+      ) {
         return false
       }
 
diff --git a/src/components/status_action_buttons/status_action_buttons.js b/src/components/status_action_buttons/status_action_buttons.js
index 6962cce1b..8bdd87277 100644
--- a/src/components/status_action_buttons/status_action_buttons.js
+++ b/src/components/status_action_buttons/status_action_buttons.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ library.add(faEllipsisH)
 
 const StatusActionButtons = {
   props: ['status', 'replying'],
-  emits: ['toggleReplying'],
+  emits: ['toggleReplying', 'onSuccess', 'onError'],
   data() {
     return {
       showPin: false,
diff --git a/test/unit/specs/components/post_status_form.spec.js b/test/unit/specs/components/post_status_form.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f3d6d80f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/specs/components/post_status_form.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import { createTestingPinia } from '@pinia/testing'
+import { mount } from '@vue/test-utils'
+import { setActivePinia } from 'pinia'
+
+import PostStatusForm from 'src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.vue'
+import { mountOpts } from '../../../fixtures/setup_test'
+
+import { useInstanceCapabilitiesStore } from 'src/stores/instance_capabilities.js'
+
+const currentUser = {
+  id: 'current-user',
+  default_scope: 'public',
+  locked: false,
+}
+
+const repliedUser = {
+  id: 'replied-user',
+  screen_name: 'replied',
+}
+
+const repliedStatus = {
+  id: 'status-1',
+  visibility: 'public',
+  user: repliedUser,
+}
+
+const replyMountOpts = () =>
+  mountOpts({
+    props: {
+      replyTo: repliedStatus.id,
+      repliedUser,
+      attentions: [],
+      copyMessageScope: repliedStatus.visibility,
+      disableDraft: true,
+    },
+    afterStore(store) {
+      store.state.users.currentUser = currentUser
+      store.state.statuses.allStatusesObject = {
+        [repliedStatus.id]: repliedStatus,
+      }
+    },
+  })
+
+describe('PostStatusForm', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    setActivePinia(createTestingPinia())
+  })
+
+  it('initializes a reply form when quoteReply is unset', () => {
+    useInstanceCapabilitiesStore().quotingAvailable = true
+
+    const wrapper = mount(PostStatusForm, replyMountOpts())
+
+    expect(wrapper.vm.newStatus.type).to.equal('reply')
+    expect(wrapper.vm.newStatus.quote).to.eql({
+      id: '',
+      url: '',
+      thread: false,
+    })
+  })
+})