diff --git a/src/categories/recentreplies.js b/src/categories/recentreplies.js
index a5dd10bc4e..825cdc601d 100644
--- a/src/categories/recentreplies.js
+++ b/src/categories/recentreplies.js
@@ -9,30 +9,20 @@ var async = require('async'),
 
 module.exports = function(Categories) {
 	Categories.getRecentReplies = function(cid, uid, count, callback) {
-		if(count === 0 || !count) {
+		if(!parseInt(count, 10)) {
 			return callback(null, []);
 		}
 
-		CategoryTools.privileges(cid, uid, function(err, privileges) {
-			if(err) {
-				return callback(err);
+		db.getSortedSetRevRange('categories:recent_posts:cid:' + cid, 0, count - 1, function(err, pids) {
+			if (err) {
+				return callback(err, []);
 			}
 
-			if (!privileges.read) {
+			if (!pids || !pids.length) {
 				return callback(null, []);
 			}
 
-			db.getSortedSetRevRange('categories:recent_posts:cid:' + cid, 0, count - 1, function(err, pids) {
-				if (err) {
-					return callback(err, []);
-				}
-
-				if (!pids || !pids.length) {
-					return callback(null, []);
-				}
-
-				posts.getPostSummaryByPids(pids, true, callback);
-			});
+			posts.getPostSummaryByPids(pids, true, callback);
 		});
 	};
 
diff --git a/src/socket.io/categories.js b/src/socket.io/categories.js
index a67e5e53c1..eab02b41ee 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/categories.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/categories.js
@@ -1,11 +1,24 @@
+'use strict';
+
 var	categories = require('../categories'),
+	categoryTools = require('../categoryTools'),
 	meta = require('./../meta'),
 	user = require('./../user'),
 
 	SocketCategories = {};
 
-SocketCategories.getRecentReplies = function(socket, tid, callback) {
-	categories.getRecentReplies(tid, socket.uid, 4, callback);
+SocketCategories.getRecentReplies = function(socket, cid, callback) {
+	categoryTools.privileges(cid, socket.uid, function(err, privileges) {
+		if (err) {
+			return callback(err);
+		}
+
+		if (privileges && !privileges.read) {
+			return callback(null, []);
+		}
+
+		categories.getRecentReplies(cid, socket.uid, 4, callback);
+	});
 };
 
 SocketCategories.get = function(socket, data, callback) {