diff --git a/app/models/post.rb b/app/models/post.rb
index 45d14653b..dbe8e896f 100644
--- a/app/models/post.rb
+++ b/app/models/post.rb
@@ -437,12 +437,10 @@ class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
       decrement_tags = tag_array_was - tag_array
       increment_tags = tag_array - tag_array_was
       if increment_tags.any?
-        Tag.where(:name => increment_tags).update_all("post_count = post_count + 1")
-        Post.expire_cache_for_all(increment_tags)
+        Tag.delay(:queue => "default").increment_post_counts(increment_tags)
       end
       if decrement_tags.any?
-        Tag.where(:name => decrement_tags).update_all("post_count = post_count - 1")
-        Post.expire_cache_for_all(decrement_tags)
+        Tag.delay(:queue => "default").decrement_post_counts(decrement_tags)
       end
       Post.expire_cache_for_all([""]) if new_record? || id <= 100_000
     end
diff --git a/app/models/tag.rb b/app/models/tag.rb
index 46f888425..ed8cd9d2e 100644
--- a/app/models/tag.rb
+++ b/app/models/tag.rb
@@ -47,6 +47,16 @@ class Tag < ActiveRecord::Base
           select("post_count").order("post_count DESC").first.post_count
         end
       end
+
+      def increment_post_counts(tag_names)
+        Tag.where(:name => tag_names).update_all("post_count = post_count + 1")
+        Post.expire_cache_for_all(tag_names)
+      end
+
+      def decrement_post_counts(tag_names)
+        Tag.where(:name => tag_names).update_all("post_count = post_count - 1")
+        Post.expire_cache_for_all(tag_names)
+      end
     end
 
     def real_post_count