diff --git a/app/controllers/topics_controller.rb b/app/controllers/topics_controller.rb
index d26538b805..c750dfeac1 100644
--- a/app/controllers/topics_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/topics_controller.rb
@@ -946,6 +946,16 @@ class TopicsController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def redirect_to_correct_topic(topic, post_number = nil)
+    begin
+      guardian.ensure_can_see!(topic)
+    rescue Discourse::InvalidAccess => ex
+      if !SiteSetting.detailed_404
+        raise Discourse::NotFound
+      else
+        raise ex
+      end
+    end
+
     url = topic.relative_url
     url << "/#{post_number}" if post_number.to_i > 0
     url << ".json" if request.format.json?
diff --git a/spec/requests/topics_controller_spec.rb b/spec/requests/topics_controller_spec.rb
index 3394894737..f5c7e2dd50 100644
--- a/spec/requests/topics_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/topics_controller_spec.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# coding: utf-8
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 require 'rails_helper'
@@ -1405,6 +1406,12 @@ RSpec.describe TopicsController do
             expect(response.status).to eq(value)
           end
         end
+
+        expected_slug_response = expected[:secure_topic] == 200 ? 301 : expected[:secure_topic]
+        it "will return a #{expected_slug_response} when requesting a secure topic by slug" do
+          get "/t/#{secure_topic.slug}"
+          expect(response.status).to eq(expected_slug_response)
+        end
       end
 
       context 'without detailed error pages' do