diff --git a/phpBB/includes/content_visibility.php b/phpBB/includes/content_visibility.php
index 3118be6574..6ca1f8b25c 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/content_visibility.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/content_visibility.php
@@ -309,8 +309,7 @@ class phpbb_content_visibility
 			{
 				$sql = 'UPDATE ' . USERS_TABLE . '
 					SET user_posts = user_posts + ' . $num_posts . '
-					WHERE ' . $db->sql_in_set('user_id', $poster_ids) . '
-						AND user_posts >= ' . $num_posts;
+					WHERE ' . $db->sql_in_set('user_id', $poster_ids);
 				$db->sql_query($sql);
 			}
 		}