diff --git a/app/helpers/notifier_helper.rb b/app/helpers/notifier_helper.rb
index df3526271..7cbb2c4dc 100644
--- a/app/helpers/notifier_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/notifier_helper.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module NotifierHelper
   # @return [String] The formatted post.
   def post_message(post, opts={})
     if post.respond_to? :message
-      post.message.plain_text_without_markdown
+      post.message.try(:plain_text_without_markdown) || post_page_title(post)
     else
       I18n.translate 'notifier.a_post_you_shared'
     end
diff --git a/spec/helpers/notifier_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/notifier_helper_spec.rb
index ca8a31934..654fcd6d4 100644
--- a/spec/helpers/notifier_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/helpers/notifier_helper_spec.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ describe NotifierHelper, :type => :helper do
     it 'strip markdown in the post' do
       expect(post_message(@markdown_post)).to eq(@striped_markdown_post)
     end
+
+    it "falls back to the title, if the root post was deleted" do
+      reshare = FactoryGirl.create(:reshare)
+      reshare.root.destroy
+      expect(helper.post_message(Reshare.find(reshare.id)))
+        .to eq(I18n.t("posts.show.reshare_by", author: reshare.author_name))
+    end
   end
 
   describe '#comment_message' do