diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/discovery_topics_controller.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/discovery_topics_controller.js
index 6e5d94bfa92..c15fee204ef 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/discovery_topics_controller.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/discovery_topics_controller.js
@@ -81,7 +81,16 @@ Discourse.DiscoveryTopicsController = Discourse.DiscoveryController.extend({
       } else {
         promise = Discourse.Topic.bulkOperationByFilter(this.get('filter'), operation);
       }
-      promise.then(function() { self.send('refresh'); });
+      promise.then(function(result) {
+        if (result && result.topic_ids) {
+          var tracker = Discourse.TopicTrackingState.current();
+          result.topic_ids.forEach(function(t) {
+            tracker.removeTopic(t);
+          });
+          tracker.incrementMessageCount();
+        }
+        self.send('refresh');
+      });
     }
   },
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/topic_tracking_state.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/topic_tracking_state.js
index f1283bba9fb..19d6a4dd693 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/topic_tracking_state.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/topic_tracking_state.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ Discourse.TopicTrackingState = Discourse.Model.extend({
     this._super();
     this.unreadSequence = [];
     this.newSequence = [];
-
     this.states = {};
   },
 
@@ -13,7 +12,6 @@ Discourse.TopicTrackingState = Discourse.Model.extend({
     var tracker = this;
 
     var process = function(data){
-
       if (data.message_type === "delete") {
         tracker.removeTopic(data.topic_id);
         tracker.incrementMessageCount();
@@ -28,7 +26,6 @@ Discourse.TopicTrackingState = Discourse.Model.extend({
           tracker.incrementMessageCount();
         }
       }
-
     };
 
     Discourse.MessageBus.subscribe("/new", process);