diff --git a/app/models/post.rb b/app/models/post.rb
index cbde19341e4..c3095054978 100644
--- a/app/models/post.rb
+++ b/app/models/post.rb
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   # Prevent new users from posting the same hosts too many times.
   def has_host_spam?
-    return false if acting_user.present? && (acting_user.staged? || acting_user.has_trust_level?(TrustLevel[1]))
+    return false if acting_user.present? && (acting_user.staged? || acting_user.from_staged? || acting_user.has_trust_level?(TrustLevel[1]))
     return false if topic&.private_message?
 
     total_hosts_usage.values.any? { |count| count >= SiteSetting.newuser_spam_host_threshold }
diff --git a/lib/validators/post_validator.rb b/lib/validators/post_validator.rb
index f8c58ec2e64..18c3047eabf 100644
--- a/lib/validators/post_validator.rb
+++ b/lib/validators/post_validator.rb
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ class Validators::PostValidator < ActiveModel::Validator
   private
 
   def acting_user_is_trusted?(post, level = 1)
-    post.acting_user.present? && post.acting_user.has_trust_level?(TrustLevel[level])
+    post.acting_user.present? && (post.acting_user.has_trust_level?(TrustLevel[level]) || post.acting_user.from_staged?)
   end
 
   def private_message?(post)
diff --git a/spec/models/post_spec.rb b/spec/models/post_spec.rb
index ee3ed2d57b2..68699412fbf 100644
--- a/spec/models/post_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/post_spec.rb
@@ -967,6 +967,14 @@ describe Post do
       expect(post.has_host_spam?).to eq(false)
     end
 
+    it "doesn't punish previously staged users" do
+      SiteSetting.newuser_spam_host_threshold = 1
+      user = Fabricate(:user, staged: true, trust_level: 0)
+      user.unstage
+      post = Fabricate(:post, raw: raw, user: user)
+      expect(post.has_host_spam?).to eq(false)
+    end
+
     it "ignores private messages" do
       SiteSetting.newuser_spam_host_threshold = 1
       user = Fabricate(:user, trust_level: 0)