diff --git a/src/topics/delete.js b/src/topics/delete.js
index 0238b123a4..679cb986ca 100644
--- a/src/topics/delete.js
+++ b/src/topics/delete.js
@@ -8,36 +8,6 @@ var async = require('async'),
 
 module.exports = function(Topics) {
 
-	function updateCounters(tid, incr, callback) {
-		async.parallel([
-			function(next) {
-				db.incrObjectFieldBy('global', 'topicCount', incr, next);
-			},
-			function(next) {
-				Topics.getTopicFields(tid, ['cid', 'postcount'], function(err, topicData) {
-					if (err) {
-						return next(err);
-					}
-					topicData.postcount = parseInt(topicData.postcount, 10);
-					topicData.postcount = topicData.postcount || 0;
-					var postCountChange = incr * topicData.postcount;
-
-					async.parallel([
-						function(next) {
-							db.incrObjectFieldBy('global', 'postCount', postCountChange, next);
-						},
-						function(next) {
-							db.incrObjectFieldBy('category:' + topicData.cid, 'post_count', postCountChange, next);
-						},
-						function(next) {
-							db.incrObjectFieldBy('category:' + topicData.cid, 'topic_count', incr, next);
-						}
-					], next);
-				});
-			}
-		], callback);
-	}
-
 	Topics.delete = function(tid, callback) {
 		async.parallel([
 			function(next) {
@@ -49,18 +19,12 @@ module.exports = function(Topics) {
 			function(next) {
 				db.sortedSetsRemove(['topics:posts', 'topics:views'], tid, next);
 			}
-		], function(err) {
-			if (err) {
-				return callback(err);
-			}
-
-			updateCounters(tid, -1, callback);
-		});
+		], callback);
 	};
 
 	Topics.restore = function(tid, callback) {
 		Topics.getTopicFields(tid, ['lastposttime', 'postcount', 'viewcount'], function(err, topicData) {
-			if(err) {
+			if (err) {
 				return callback(err);
 			}
 
@@ -77,13 +41,7 @@ module.exports = function(Topics) {
 				function(next) {
 					db.sortedSetAdd('topics:views', topicData.viewcount, tid, next);
 				}
-			], function(err) {
-				if (err) {
-					return callback(err);
-				}
-
-				updateCounters(tid, 1, callback);
-			});
+			], callback);
 		});
 	};
 
@@ -100,6 +58,9 @@ module.exports = function(Topics) {
 			},
 			function(next) {
 				Topics.deleteTopicTags(tid, next);
+			},
+			function(next) {
+				updateCounters(tid, -1, next);
 			}
 		], function(err) {
 			if (err) {
@@ -116,24 +77,37 @@ module.exports = function(Topics) {
 				return callback(err);
 			}
 
-			db.sortedSetsRemove(['categories:' + topicData.cid + ':tid', 'uid:' + topicData.uid + ':topics'], tid, function(err) {
-				if (err) {
-					return callback(err);
-				}
+			db.sortedSetsRemove(['categories:' + topicData.cid + ':tid', 'uid:' + topicData.uid + ':topics'], tid, callback);
+		});
+	}
+
+	function updateCounters(tid, incr, callback) {
+		async.parallel([
+			function(next) {
+				db.incrObjectFieldBy('global', 'topicCount', incr, next);
+			},
+			function(next) {
+				Topics.getTopicFields(tid, ['cid', 'postcount'], function(err, topicData) {
+					if (err) {
+						return next(err);
+					}
+					topicData.postcount = parseInt(topicData.postcount, 10);
+					topicData.postcount = topicData.postcount || 0;
+					var postCountChange = incr * topicData.postcount;
 
-				if (parseInt(topicData.deleted, 10) === 0) {
 					async.parallel([
 						function(next) {
-							db.decrObjectField('category:' + topicData.cid, 'topic_count', next);
+							db.incrObjectFieldBy('global', 'postCount', postCountChange, next);
 						},
 						function(next) {
-							db.decrObjectField('global', 'topicCount', next);
+							db.incrObjectFieldBy('category:' + topicData.cid, 'post_count', postCountChange, next);
+						},
+						function(next) {
+							db.incrObjectFieldBy('category:' + topicData.cid, 'topic_count', incr, next);
 						}
-					], callback);
-				} else {
-					callback();
-				}
-			});
-		});
+					], next);
+				});
+			}
+		], callback);
 	}
 };