diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/topic_controller.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/topic_controller.js
index eb22008eb..4832b06b5 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/topic_controller.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/topic_controller.js
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ Discourse.TopicController = Discourse.ObjectController.extend(Discourse.Selected
 
         var selectedPosts = topicController.get('selectedPosts');
         Discourse.Post.deleteMany(selectedPosts);
-        topicController.get('content.posts').removeObjects(selectedPosts);
+        topicController.get('model.postStream').removePosts(selectedPosts);
         topicController.toggleMultiSelect();
       }
     });
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/post_stream.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/post_stream.js
index 9a018f709..be6239718 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/post_stream.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/post_stream.js
@@ -407,6 +407,21 @@ Discourse.PostStream = Em.Object.extend({
     return post;
   },
 
+  /**
+    Removes posts from the stream.
+
+    @method removePosts
+    @param {Array} posts the collection of posts to remove
+  **/
+  removePosts: function(posts) {
+    if (Em.isEmpty(posts)) { return; }
+
+    var postIds = posts.map(function (p) { return p.get('id'); });
+
+    this.get('stream').removeObjects(postIds);
+    this.get('posts').removeObjects(posts);
+  },
+
   /**
     Returns a post from the identity map if it's been inserted.
 
diff --git a/test/javascripts/models/post_stream_test.js b/test/javascripts/models/post_stream_test.js
index f7eb0e1d7..f99beaa21 100644
--- a/test/javascripts/models/post_stream_test.js
+++ b/test/javascripts/models/post_stream_test.js
@@ -83,6 +83,27 @@ test('updateFromJson', function() {
   equal(postStream.get('extra_property'), 12);
 });
 
+test("removePosts", function() {
+  var postStream = buildStream(10000001, [1,2,3]);
+
+  var p1 = Discourse.Post.create({id: 1, post_number: 2}),
+      p2 = Discourse.Post.create({id: 2, post_number: 3}),
+      p3 = Discourse.Post.create({id: 3, post_number: 4});
+
+  postStream.appendPost(p1);
+  postStream.appendPost(p2);
+  postStream.appendPost(p3);
+
+  // Removing nothing does nothing
+  postStream.removePosts();
+  equal(postStream.get('posts.length'), 3);
+
+  postStream.removePosts([p1, p3]);
+  equal(postStream.get('posts.length'), 1);
+  deepEqual(postStream.get('stream'), [2]);
+
+});
+
 test("cancelFilter", function() {
   var postStream = buildStream(1235);
 
@@ -343,7 +364,6 @@ test('triggerNewPostInStream', function() {
 
 
 test("lastPostLoaded when the id changes", function() {
-
   // This can happen in a race condition between staging a post and it coming through on the
   // message bus. If the id of a post changes we should reconsider the lastPostLoaded property.
   var postStream = buildStream(10101, [1, 2]);
@@ -355,7 +375,6 @@ test("lastPostLoaded when the id changes", function() {
 
   postWithoutId.set('id', 2);
   ok(postStream.get('lastPostLoaded'), 'the last post is loaded now that the post has an id');
-
 });
 
 test("comitting and triggerNewPostInStream race condition", function() {