diff --git a/app/services/post_owner_changer.rb b/app/services/post_owner_changer.rb
index 2a9c71b21e..797cc3938d 100644
--- a/app/services/post_owner_changer.rb
+++ b/app/services/post_owner_changer.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ class PostOwnerChanger
         end
         post.topic = @topic
         post.set_owner(@new_owner, @acting_user, @skip_revision)
+        PostAction.remove_act(@new_owner, post, PostActionType.types[:like])
       end
 
       @topic.update_statistics
diff --git a/spec/services/post_owner_changer_spec.rb b/spec/services/post_owner_changer_spec.rb
index 52acee5245..ea88731ea0 100644
--- a/spec/services/post_owner_changer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/post_owner_changer_spec.rb
@@ -26,8 +26,12 @@ describe PostOwnerChanger do
       freeze_time 2.days.from_now
 
       old_user = p1.user
+      PostAction.act(user_a, p1, PostActionType.types[:like])
+      p1.reload
+      expect(p1.topic.like_count).to eq(1)
       PostOwnerChanger.new(post_ids: [p1.id], topic_id: topic.id, new_owner: user_a, acting_user: editor).change_owner!
       p1.reload
+      expect(p1.topic.like_count).to eq(0)
       expect(p1.topic.bumped_at).to be_within(1.second).of (bumped_at)
       expect(p1.topic.last_post_user_id).to eq(user_a.id)
       expect(old_user).not_to eq(p1.user)