diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/site_texts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/site_texts_controller.rb
index 0482fcc5a4e..d4aa36d7587 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/site_texts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/site_texts_controller.rb
@@ -135,14 +135,7 @@ class Admin::SiteTextsController < Admin::AdminController
 
     raise Discourse::NotFound if override.blank?
 
-    if override.outdated?
-      override.update!(
-        status: "up_to_date",
-        original_translation:
-          I18n.overrides_disabled do
-            I18n.t(TranslationOverride.transform_pluralized_key(params[:id]), locale: :en)
-          end,
-      )
+    if override.make_up_to_date!
       render json: success_json
     else
       render json: failed_json.merge(message: "Can only dismiss outdated translations"), status: 422
diff --git a/app/models/translation_override.rb b/app/models/translation_override.rb
index 5d693ff8534..1da96f4479c 100644
--- a/app/models/translation_override.rb
+++ b/app/models/translation_override.rb
@@ -170,6 +170,12 @@ class TranslationOverride < ActiveRecord::Base
     translation_key.to_s.end_with?("_MF")
   end
 
+  def make_up_to_date!
+    return unless outdated?
+    self.original_translation = current_default
+    update_attribute!(:status, :up_to_date)
+  end
+
   private
 
   def transformed_key
diff --git a/spec/models/translation_override_spec.rb b/spec/models/translation_override_spec.rb
index a8da3b88b4a..902534e998e 100644
--- a/spec/models/translation_override_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/translation_override_spec.rb
@@ -382,4 +382,36 @@ RSpec.describe TranslationOverride do
       it { is_expected.not_to be_a_message_format }
     end
   end
+
+  describe "#make_up_to_date!" do
+    fab!(:override) { Fabricate(:translation_override, translation_key: "js.posts_likes_MF") }
+
+    context "when override is not outdated" do
+      it "does nothing" do
+        expect { override.make_up_to_date! }.not_to change { override.reload.attributes }
+      end
+
+      it "returns a falsy value" do
+        expect(override.make_up_to_date!).to be_falsy
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when override is outdated" do
+      before { override.update_columns(status: :outdated, value: "{ Invalid MF syntax") }
+
+      it "updates its original translation to match the current default" do
+        expect { override.make_up_to_date! }.to change { override.reload.original_translation }.to(
+          I18n.t("js.posts_likes_MF"),
+        )
+      end
+
+      it "sets its status to 'up_to_date'" do
+        expect { override.make_up_to_date! }.to change { override.reload.up_to_date? }.to(true)
+      end
+
+      it "returns a truthy value" do
+        expect(override.make_up_to_date!).to be_truthy
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end