diff --git a/app/helpers/posts_helper.rb b/app/helpers/posts_helper.rb
index d7726fae3..ccb0ecadd 100644
--- a/app/helpers/posts_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/posts_helper.rb
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ module PostsHelper
   end
 
   def post_view_count_js
+    return nil
     return nil unless post_search_counts_enabled?
 
     msg = "#{params[:id]},#{session.id}"