diff --git a/app/models/post_action.rb b/app/models/post_action.rb
index 6eec1ac6ff2..e40c34c1885 100644
--- a/app/models/post_action.rb
+++ b/app/models/post_action.rb
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ class PostAction < ActiveRecord::Base
     return if post.hidden
 
     if post_action_type == :spam &&
-       acting_user.trust_level == TrustLevel[3] &&
+       acting_user.has_trust_level?(TrustLevel[3]) &&
        post.user.trust_level == TrustLevel[0]
 
        hide_post!(post, post_action_type, Post.hidden_reasons[:flagged_by_tl3_user])