diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/topic_route.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/topic_route.js
index d7e165c352b..2cf7d60e1f9 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/topic_route.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/topic_route.js
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ Discourse.TopicRoute = Discourse.Route.extend({
   model: function(params) {
     var currentModel = this.modelFor('topic');
     if (currentModel && (currentModel.get('id') === parseInt(params.id, 10))) {
+      // If we've recovered the currentModel (for example, hitting the forward button and we
+      // popped it off the state), get rid of the `loaded` attribute we set when the back
+      // button was hit.
+      currentModel.set('postStream.loaded', true);
       return currentModel;
     }
     return Discourse.Topic.create(params);