diff --git a/app/workers/articles/update_page_views_worker.rb b/app/workers/articles/update_page_views_worker.rb
index 622c8270c..574983d30 100644
--- a/app/workers/articles/update_page_views_worker.rb
+++ b/app/workers/articles/update_page_views_worker.rb
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ module Articles
                     retry: false
 
     def perform(create_params)
+      article = Article.find_by(id: create_params["article_id"])
+      return unless article
+
       PageView.create!(create_params)
 
-      article = Article.find(create_params["article_id"])
       updated_count = article.page_views.sum(:counts_for_number_of_views)
       if updated_count > article.page_views_count
         article.update_column(:page_views_count, updated_count)
diff --git a/spec/workers/articles/update_page_views_worker_spec.rb b/spec/workers/articles/update_page_views_worker_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6cde17c4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/workers/articles/update_page_views_worker_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+require "rails_helper"
+
+RSpec.describe Articles::UpdatePageViewsWorker, type: :worker do
+  let(:worker) { described_class.new }
+
+  context "when the article id is invalid" do
+    let(:article_id) { :no_article_with_this_id }
+
+    it "exits gracefully" do
+      expect { worker.perform(article_id: article_id) }.not_to raise_error
+    end
+
+    it "does not attempt to create a page view for an invalid article" do
+      allow(PageView).to receive(:create!)
+
+      worker.perform(article_id: article_id)
+
+      expect(PageView).not_to have_received(:create!)
+    end
+  end
+
+  context "when the article exists" do
+    let(:user) { create(:user) }
+    let(:referrer) { nil }
+    let(:article) { create(:article) }
+
+    it "creates a page view" do
+      expect do
+        worker.perform("article_id" => article.id,
+                       "user_id" => user.id,
+                       "referrer" => referrer)
+      end.to change(PageView, :count).by(1)
+    end
+  end
+end