diff --git a/app/jobs/regular/post_alert.rb b/app/jobs/regular/post_alert.rb
index 36785df4e4f..30cef2534b1 100644
--- a/app/jobs/regular/post_alert.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/regular/post_alert.rb
@@ -3,10 +3,8 @@ module Jobs
 
     def execute(args)
       # maybe it was removed by the time we are making the post
-      if post = Post.find(args[:post_id])
-        # maybe the topic was deleted, so skip in that case as well
-        PostAlerter.post_created(post) if post.topic
-      end
+      post = Post.where(id: args[:post_id]).first
+      PostAlerter.post_created(post) if post && post.topic
     end
 
   end