diff --git a/app/workers/create_pipeline_worker.rb b/app/workers/create_pipeline_worker.rb
index f20d19a16378a145a54c1d2aec6bd24a2e0fb306..52de68a04e3bace7b97ce94595b1a9a26e27918e 100644
--- a/app/workers/create_pipeline_worker.rb
+++ b/app/workers/create_pipeline_worker.rb
@@ -17,8 +17,12 @@ class CreatePipelineWorker # rubocop:disable Scalability/IdempotentWorker
   def perform(project_id, user_id, ref, source, execute_options = {}, creation_params = {})
     Gitlab::QueryLimiting.disable!('https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/464671')
 
-    project = Project.find(project_id)
-    user = User.find(user_id)
+    project = Project.find_by_id(project_id)
+    return unless project
+
+    user = User.find_by_id(user_id)
+    return unless user
+
     execute_options = execute_options.deep_symbolize_keys
     creation_params = creation_params.symbolize_keys.merge(ref: ref)
 
diff --git a/spec/workers/create_pipeline_worker_spec.rb b/spec/workers/create_pipeline_worker_spec.rb
index 5bdfc65c7253eab5b585dac3df80741e09d02adb..866dd844f3d9d9e34e8b7062046a2e3d129a4cac 100644
--- a/spec/workers/create_pipeline_worker_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/workers/create_pipeline_worker_spec.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     context 'when a project not found' do
       it 'does not call the Service' do
         expect(Ci::CreatePipelineService).not_to receive(:new)
-        expect { worker.perform(non_existing_record_id, create(:user).id, 'master', :web) }.to raise_error(ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound)
+        expect { worker.perform(non_existing_record_id, create(:user).id, 'master', :web) }.not_to raise_exception
       end
     end
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
       it 'does not call the Service' do
         expect(Ci::CreatePipelineService).not_to receive(:new)
-        expect { worker.perform(project.id, non_existing_record_id, project.default_branch, :web) }.to raise_error(ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound)
+        expect { worker.perform(project.id, non_existing_record_id, project.default_branch, :web) }.not_to raise_exception
       end
     end