diff --git a/app/controllers/embed_controller.rb b/app/controllers/embed_controller.rb
index 9100ce06b..8a6ee04b9 100644
--- a/app/controllers/embed_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/embed_controller.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,13 @@ class EmbedController < ApplicationController
     topic_id = TopicEmbed.topic_id_for_embed(embed_url)
 
     if topic_id
-      @topic_view = TopicView.new(topic_id, current_user, limit: SiteSetting.embed_post_limit, exclude_first: true)
+      @topic_view = TopicView.new(topic_id,
+                                  current_user,
+                                  limit: SiteSetting.embed_post_limit,
+                                  exclude_first: true,
+                                  exclude_deleted_users: true)
+      @topic_view.posts.reject! {|p| p.user.blank?}
+
       @second_post_url = "#{@topic_view.topic.url}/2" if @topic_view
       @posts_left = 0
       if @topic_view && @topic_view.posts.size == SiteSetting.embed_post_limit
diff --git a/lib/topic_view.rb b/lib/topic_view.rb
index 65d01bddb..07f215c12 100644
--- a/lib/topic_view.rb
+++ b/lib/topic_view.rb
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ class TopicView
   def unfiltered_posts
     result = @topic.posts
     result = result.with_deleted if @user.try(:staff?)
+    result = @topic.posts.where("user_id IS NOT NULL") if @exclude_deleted_users
     result
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/controllers/embed_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/embed_controller_spec.rb
index 5fc1d4f22..02448a1b5 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/embed_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/embed_controller_spec.rb
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ describe EmbedController do
 
       it "creates a topic view when a topic_id is found" do
         TopicEmbed.expects(:topic_id_for_embed).returns(123)
-        TopicView.expects(:new).with(123, nil, {limit: 100, exclude_first: true})
+        TopicView.expects(:new).with(123, nil, {limit: 100, exclude_first: true, exclude_deleted_users: true})
         get :comments, embed_url: embed_url
       end
     end