diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/topic.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/topic.js.es6
index 7d47ae63c0a..31397b3779b 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/topic.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/topic.js.es6
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ var TopicRoute = Discourse.Route.extend(ShowFooter, {
       var result = model.get('title'),
           cat = model.get('category');
 
-      if (cat && !cat.get('isUncategorized')) {
+      // Only display uncategorized in the title tag if it was renamed
+      if (cat && !(cat.get('isUncategorizedCategory') && cat.get('name').toLowerCase() == "uncategorized")) {
         var catName = cat.get('name'),
             parentCategory = cat.get('parentCategory');