diff --git a/src/socket.io/posts/edit.js b/src/socket.io/posts/edit.js
index 1e41c4ab61..5ab6973ce1 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/posts/edit.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/posts/edit.js
@@ -13,14 +13,16 @@ var websockets = require('../index');
 
 module.exports = function (SocketPosts) {
 	SocketPosts.edit = function (socket, data, callback) {
-		// Trim and remove HTML (latter for composers that send in HTML, like redactor)
-		var contentLen = S(data.content).stripTags().s.trim().length;
-
 		if (!socket.uid) {
 			return callback(new Error('[[error:not-logged-in]]'));
 		} else if (!data || !data.pid || !data.content) {
 			return callback(new Error('[[error:invalid-data]]'));
-		} else if (data.title && data.title.length < parseInt(meta.config.minimumTitleLength, 10)) {
+		}
+
+		// Trim and remove HTML (latter for composers that send in HTML, like redactor)
+		var contentLen = S(data.content).stripTags().s.trim().length;
+
+		if (data.title && data.title.length < parseInt(meta.config.minimumTitleLength, 10)) {
 			return callback(new Error('[[error:title-too-short, ' + meta.config.minimumTitleLength + ']]'));
 		} else if (data.title && data.title.length > parseInt(meta.config.maximumTitleLength, 10)) {
 			return callback(new Error('[[error:title-too-long, ' + meta.config.maximumTitleLength + ']]'));
@@ -28,7 +30,7 @@ module.exports = function (SocketPosts) {
 			return callback(new Error('[[error:not-enough-tags, ' + meta.config.minimumTagsPerTopic + ']]'));
 		} else if (data.tags && data.tags.length > parseInt(meta.config.maximumTagsPerTopic, 10)) {
 			return callback(new Error('[[error:too-many-tags, ' + meta.config.maximumTagsPerTopic + ']]'));
-		} else if (!data.content || contentLen < parseInt(meta.config.minimumPostLength, 10)) {
+		} else if (contentLen < parseInt(meta.config.minimumPostLength, 10)) {
 			return callback(new Error('[[error:content-too-short, ' + meta.config.minimumPostLength + ']]'));
 		} else if (contentLen > parseInt(meta.config.maximumPostLength, 10)) {
 			return callback(new Error('[[error:content-too-long, ' + meta.config.maximumPostLength + ']]'));