diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/categories-section.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/categories-section.js
index f4cc5ea769d..f1f42406507 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/categories-section.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/categories-section.js
@@ -4,6 +4,20 @@ import GlimmerComponent from "discourse/components/glimmer";
 import CategorySectionLink from "discourse/lib/sidebar/categories-section/category-section-link";
 
 export default class SidebarCategoriesSection extends GlimmerComponent {
+  constructor() {
+    super(...arguments);
+
+    this.callbackId = this.topicTrackingState.onStateChange(() => {
+      this.sectionLinks.forEach((sectionLink) => {
+        sectionLink.refreshCounts();
+      });
+    });
+  }
+
+  willDestroy() {
+    this.topicTrackingState.offStateChange(this.callbackId);
+  }
+
   @cached
   get sectionLinks() {
     return this.site.trackedCategoriesList.map((trackedCategory) => {
@@ -13,8 +27,4 @@ export default class SidebarCategoriesSection extends GlimmerComponent {
       });
     });
   }
-
-  willDestroy() {
-    this.sectionLinks.forEach((sectionLink) => sectionLink.teardown());
-  }
 }
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/sidebar/categories-section/category-section-link.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/sidebar/categories-section/category-section-link.js
index 122edb437d3..ea39390be65 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/sidebar/categories-section/category-section-link.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/sidebar/categories-section/category-section-link.js
@@ -14,20 +14,11 @@ export default class CategorySectionLink {
   constructor({ category, topicTrackingState }) {
     this.category = category;
     this.topicTrackingState = topicTrackingState;
-
-    this.callbackId = this.topicTrackingState.onStateChange(
-      this._refreshCounts
-    );
-
-    this._refreshCounts();
-  }
-
-  teardown() {
-    this.topicTrackingState.offStateChange(this.callbackId);
+    this.refreshCounts();
   }
 
   @bind
-  _refreshCounts() {
+  refreshCounts() {
     this.totalUnread = this.topicTrackingState.countUnread({
       categoryId: this.category.id,
     });