closes #2396

src/topics/create.js

@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ module.exports = function(Topics) {
 		}
 
 		async.waterfall([
+			function(next) {
+				checkContentLength(content, next);
+			},
 			function(next) {
 				categories.exists(cid, next);
 			},
@@ -220,10 +223,9 @@ module.exports = function(Topics) {
 					content = content.trim();
 				}
 
-				if (!content || content.length < parseInt(meta.config.miminumPostLength, 10)) {
+				checkContentLength(content, next);
-					return callback(new Error('[[error:content-too-short, '  + meta.config.minimumPostLength + ']]'));
+			},
-				}
+			function(next) {
-
 				posts.create({uid: uid, tid: tid, content: content, toPid: toPid}, next);
 			},
 			function(data, next) {
@@ -277,4 +279,11 @@ module.exports = function(Topics) {
 		], callback);
 	};
 
+	function checkContentLength(content, callback) {
+		if (!content || content.length < parseInt(meta.config.miminumPostLength, 10)) {
+			return callback(new Error('[[error:content-too-short, '  + meta.config.minimumPostLength + ']]'));
+		}
+		callback();
+	}
+
 };