diff --git a/app/models/post_mover.rb b/app/models/post_mover.rb
index e95668dcb23..ec21ce73526 100644
--- a/app/models/post_mover.rb
+++ b/app/models/post_mover.rb
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ class PostMover
       post.user,
       raw: post.raw,
       topic_id: destination_topic.id,
-      acting_user: user
+      acting_user: user,
+      skip_validations: true
     )
     p.update_column(:reply_count, @reply_count[1] || 0)
   end