diff --git a/app/models/post.rb b/app/models/post.rb
index d968a95a5..fcc5e0c81 100644
--- a/app/models/post.rb
+++ b/app/models/post.rb
@@ -461,15 +461,14 @@ class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
     new_cooked != old_cooked
   end
 
-  def set_owner(new_user, actor)
+  def set_owner(new_user, actor, skip_revision=false)
     return if user_id == new_user.id
 
     edit_reason = I18n.t('change_owner.post_revision_text',
       old_user: (self.user.username_lower rescue nil) || I18n.t('change_owner.deleted_user'),
       new_user: new_user.username_lower
     )
-
-    revise(actor, {raw: self.raw, user_id: new_user.id, edit_reason: edit_reason}, bypass_bump: true)
+    revise(actor, {raw: self.raw, user_id: new_user.id, edit_reason: edit_reason}, {bypass_bump: true, skip_revision: skip_revision})
 
     if post_number == topic.highest_post_number
       topic.update_columns(last_post_user_id: new_user.id)
diff --git a/app/services/post_owner_changer.rb b/app/services/post_owner_changer.rb
index bc5649a21..2a9c71b21 100644
--- a/app/services/post_owner_changer.rb
+++ b/app/services/post_owner_changer.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ class PostOwnerChanger
     @topic = Topic.with_deleted.find_by(id: params[:topic_id].to_i)
     @new_owner = params[:new_owner]
     @acting_user = params[:acting_user]
+    @skip_revision = params[:skip_revision] || false
 
     raise ArgumentError unless @post_ids && @topic && @new_owner && @acting_user
   end
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ class PostOwnerChanger
           @topic.recover! if post.is_first_post?
         end
         post.topic = @topic
-        post.set_owner(@new_owner, @acting_user)
+        post.set_owner(@new_owner, @acting_user, @skip_revision)
       end
 
       @topic.update_statistics
diff --git a/lib/post_revisor.rb b/lib/post_revisor.rb
index 8ed11c311..b9cccc9f9 100644
--- a/lib/post_revisor.rb
+++ b/lib/post_revisor.rb
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ class PostRevisor
   # - bypass_rate_limiter:
   # - bypass_bump: do not bump the topic, even if last post
   # - skip_validations: ask ActiveRecord to skip validations
+  # - skip_revision: do not create a new PostRevision record
   def revise!(editor, fields, opts={})
     @editor = editor
     @fields = fields.with_indifferent_access
@@ -134,6 +135,9 @@ class PostRevisor
     @validate_topic = @opts[:validate_topic] if @opts.has_key?(:validate_topic)
     @validate_topic = !@opts[:validate_topic] if @opts.has_key?(:skip_validations)
 
+    @skip_revision = false
+    @skip_revision = @opts[:skip_revision] if @opts.has_key?(:skip_revision)
+
     Post.transaction do
       revise_post
 
@@ -191,6 +195,7 @@ class PostRevisor
   end
 
   def should_create_new_version?
+    return false if @skip_revision
     edited_by_another_user? || !ninja_edit? || owner_changed? || force_new_version?
   end
 
@@ -324,6 +329,7 @@ class PostRevisor
   end
 
   def create_or_update_revision
+    return if @skip_revision
     # don't create an empty revision if something failed
     return unless successfully_saved_post_and_topic
     @version_changed ? create_revision : update_revision