diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/transform-post.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/transform-post.js.es6
index 55ca1904198..7cb39896975 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/transform-post.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/transform-post.js.es6
@@ -172,9 +172,9 @@ export default function transformPost(currentUser, site, post, prevPost, nextPos
 
   const likeAction = post.likeAction;
   if (likeAction) {
-    postAtts.showLike = true;
     postAtts.liked = likeAction.acted;
     postAtts.canToggleLike = likeAction.get('canToggle');
+    postAtts.showLike = postAtts.liked || postAtts.canToggleLike;
     postAtts.likeCount = likeAction.count;
   }