diff --git a/app/models/user_profile_view.rb b/app/models/user_profile_view.rb
index 2fd3cd1c2..efe43cd42 100644
--- a/app/models/user_profile_view.rb
+++ b/app/models/user_profile_view.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ class UserProfileView < ActiveRecord::Base
     at ||= Time.zone.now
     redis_key = "user-profile-view:#{user_profile_id}:#{at.to_date}"
     if user_id
+      return if user_id < 1
       redis_key << ":user-#{user_id}"
     else
       redis_key << ":ip-#{ip}"
diff --git a/spec/models/user_profile_view_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_profile_view_spec.rb
index 66474b7e0..8c4f8a56d 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_profile_view_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_profile_view_spec.rb
@@ -36,4 +36,9 @@ RSpec.describe UserProfileView do
       expect(described_class.count).to eq(1)
     end
   end
+
+  it "should not create a profile view for the system user" do
+    add(user_profile_id, '1.1.1.1', Discourse::SYSTEM_USER_ID)
+    expect(described_class.count).to eq(0)
+  end
 end