diff --git a/phpBB/includes/functions_posting.php b/phpBB/includes/functions_posting.php
index d4e7fecbff..20798f9f1b 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/functions_posting.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/functions_posting.php
@@ -1402,20 +1402,7 @@ function delete_post($forum_id, $topic_id, $post_id, &$data, $is_soft = false, $
 	{
 		if (!$is_soft)
 		{
-			if ($data['post_visibility'] == ITEM_APPROVED)
-			{
-				$phpbb_content_visibility->remove_post_from_statistic($data, $sql_data);
-			}
-			else if ($data['post_visibility'] == ITEM_UNAPPROVED || $data['post_visibility'] == ITEM_REAPPROVE)
-			{
-				$sql_data[FORUMS_TABLE] = (($sql_data[FORUMS_TABLE]) ? $sql_data[FORUMS_TABLE] . ', ' : '') . 'forum_posts_unapproved = forum_posts_unapproved - 1';
-				$sql_data[TOPICS_TABLE] = (($sql_data[TOPICS_TABLE]) ? $sql_data[TOPICS_TABLE] . ', ' : '') . 'topic_posts_unapproved = topic_posts_unapproved - 1';
-			}
-			else if ($data['post_visibility'] == ITEM_DELETED)
-			{
-				$sql_data[FORUMS_TABLE] = (($sql_data[FORUMS_TABLE]) ? $sql_data[FORUMS_TABLE] . ', ' : '') . 'forum_posts_softdeleted = forum_posts_softdeleted - 1';
-				$sql_data[TOPICS_TABLE] = (($sql_data[TOPICS_TABLE]) ? $sql_data[TOPICS_TABLE] . ', ' : '') . 'topic_posts_softdeleted = topic_posts_softdeleted - 1';
-			}
+			$phpbb_content_visibility->remove_post_from_statistic($data, $sql_data);
 		}
 
 		$sql = 'SELECT 1 AS has_attachments
diff --git a/phpBB/phpbb/content_visibility.php b/phpBB/phpbb/content_visibility.php
index 1f50032f26..0c64b5b7a7 100644
--- a/phpBB/phpbb/content_visibility.php
+++ b/phpBB/phpbb/content_visibility.php
@@ -588,15 +588,28 @@ class content_visibility
 	*/
 	public function remove_post_from_statistic($data, &$sql_data)
 	{
-		$sql_data[$this->topics_table] = ((!empty($sql_data[$this->topics_table])) ? $sql_data[$this->topics_table] . ', ' : '') . 'topic_posts_approved = topic_posts_approved - 1';
-		$sql_data[$this->forums_table] = ((!empty($sql_data[$this->forums_table])) ? $sql_data[$this->forums_table] . ', ' : '') . 'forum_posts_approved = forum_posts_approved - 1';
-
-		if ($data['post_postcount'])
+		if ($data['post_visibility'] == ITEM_APPROVED)
 		{
-			$sql_data[$this->users_table] = ((!empty($sql_data[$this->users_table])) ? $sql_data[$this->users_table] . ', ' : '') . 'user_posts = user_posts - 1';
-		}
+			$sql_data[$this->topics_table] = ((!empty($sql_data[$this->topics_table])) ? $sql_data[$this->topics_table] . ', ' : '') . 'topic_posts_approved = topic_posts_approved - 1';
+			$sql_data[$this->forums_table] = ((!empty($sql_data[$this->forums_table])) ? $sql_data[$this->forums_table] . ', ' : '') . 'forum_posts_approved = forum_posts_approved - 1';
 
-		set_config_count('num_posts', -1, true);
+			if ($data['post_postcount'])
+			{
+				$sql_data[$this->users_table] = ((!empty($sql_data[$this->users_table])) ? $sql_data[$this->users_table] . ', ' : '') . 'user_posts = user_posts - 1';
+			}
+
+			set_config_count('num_posts', -1, true);
+		}
+		else if ($data['post_visibility'] == ITEM_UNAPPROVED || $data['post_visibility'] == ITEM_REAPPROVE)
+		{
+			$sql_data[FORUMS_TABLE] = (($sql_data[FORUMS_TABLE]) ? $sql_data[FORUMS_TABLE] . ', ' : '') . 'forum_posts_unapproved = forum_posts_unapproved - 1';
+			$sql_data[TOPICS_TABLE] = (($sql_data[TOPICS_TABLE]) ? $sql_data[TOPICS_TABLE] . ', ' : '') . 'topic_posts_unapproved = topic_posts_unapproved - 1';
+		}
+		else if ($data['post_visibility'] == ITEM_DELETED)
+		{
+			$sql_data[FORUMS_TABLE] = (($sql_data[FORUMS_TABLE]) ? $sql_data[FORUMS_TABLE] . ', ' : '') . 'forum_posts_softdeleted = forum_posts_softdeleted - 1';
+			$sql_data[TOPICS_TABLE] = (($sql_data[TOPICS_TABLE]) ? $sql_data[TOPICS_TABLE] . ', ' : '') . 'topic_posts_softdeleted = topic_posts_softdeleted - 1';
+		}
 	}
 
 	/**