diff --git a/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb
index 1a7d6c4bf36..0731bd0d256 100644
--- a/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ class PostsController < ApplicationController
     params[:auto_track] = !(params[:auto_track].to_s == "false") if params[:auto_track]
     params[:visible] = (params[:unlist_topic].to_s == "false") if params[:unlist_topic]
 
-    if api_key_valid?
+    if is_api?
       # php seems to be sending this incorrectly, don't fight with it
       params[:skip_validations] = params[:skip_validations].to_s == "true"
       permitted << :skip_validations