diff --git a/app/controllers/forum_topics_controller.rb b/app/controllers/forum_topics_controller.rb
index fc8e97830..2787c6971 100644
--- a/app/controllers/forum_topics_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/forum_topics_controller.rb
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class ForumTopicsController < ApplicationController
     @forum_topic = ForumTopic.find(params[:id])
     @merged_topic = ForumTopic.find(params[:merged_id])
     @forum_topic.merge(@merged_topic)
-    redirect_to forum_topic_path(@forum_topic)
+    redirect_to forum_topic_path(@merged_topic)
   end
 
 private
diff --git a/app/models/forum_topic.rb b/app/models/forum_topic.rb
index 9761466d0..45cfcd5c8 100644
--- a/app/models/forum_topic.rb
+++ b/app/models/forum_topic.rb
@@ -151,7 +151,8 @@ class ForumTopic < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   def merge(topic)
-    ForumPost.where(:id => topic.posts.map(&:id)).update_all(:topic_id => id)
-    update_attribute(:is_deleted, true)
+    ForumPost.where(:id => self.posts.map(&:id)).update_all(:topic_id => topic.id)
+    topic.update_attribute(:response_count, topic.response_count + self.posts.length)
+    self.update_columns(:response_count => 0, :is_deleted => true)
   end
 end