diff --git a/lib/diaspora/parser.rb b/lib/diaspora/parser.rb
index 35fe7bd73..757bd13dd 100644
--- a/lib/diaspora/parser.rb
+++ b/lib/diaspora/parser.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,14 @@ module Diaspora
       doc = Nokogiri::XML(xml) { |cfg| cfg.noblanks }
       return unless body = doc.xpath("/XML/post").children.first
       class_name = body.name.gsub('-', '/')
-      class_name.camelize.constantize.from_xml body.to_s
+      begin
+        class_name.camelize.constantize.from_xml body.to_s
+      rescue NameError => e
+        # A pods is trying to federate an object we don't recognize.
+        # i.e. their codebase is different from ours.  Quietly discard
+        # so that no Resque job failure is created
+        nil
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/postzord/receiver/private.rb b/lib/postzord/receiver/private.rb
index 739d2d67b..5efe118f7 100644
--- a/lib/postzord/receiver/private.rb
+++ b/lib/postzord/receiver/private.rb
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class Postzord::Receiver::Private < Postzord::Receiver
 
   def parse_and_receive(xml)
     @object ||= Diaspora::Parser.from_xml(xml)
+    return  if @object.nil?
 
     Rails.logger.info("event=receive status=start recipient=#{@user_person.diaspora_handle} payload_type=#{@object.class} sender=#{@sender.diaspora_handle}")
 
diff --git a/lib/postzord/receiver/public.rb b/lib/postzord/receiver/public.rb
index cd93179a2..e6bbf8ba3 100644
--- a/lib/postzord/receiver/public.rb
+++ b/lib/postzord/receiver/public.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ class Postzord::Receiver::Public < Postzord::Receiver
   attr_accessor :salmon, :author
 
   def initialize(xml)
-    @salmon = Salmon::Slap.from_xml(xml) 
+    @salmon = Salmon::Slap.from_xml(xml)
     @author = Webfinger.new(@salmon.author_id).fetch
   end
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class Postzord::Receiver::Public < Postzord::Receiver
   def save_object
     @object = Diaspora::Parser::from_xml(@salmon.parsed_data)
     raise "Object is not public" if object_can_be_public_and_it_is_not?
-    @object.save
+    @object.save  if @object
   end
 
   # @return [Array<Integer>] User ids