diff --git a/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb
index f3671b42f..ef4a8ccfd 100644
--- a/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class PostsController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def random
-    count = Post.fast_count(params[:tags])
+    count = Post.fast_count(params[:tags], :statement_timeout => CurrentUser.user.statement_timeout)
     @post = Post.tag_match(params[:tags]).offset(rand(count)).first
     raise ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound if @post.nil?
     redirect_to post_path(@post, :tags => params[:tags])