diff --git a/app/models/post_mover.rb b/app/models/post_mover.rb
index 79393fbf5db..7544a87ef15 100644
--- a/app/models/post_mover.rb
+++ b/app/models/post_mover.rb
@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@ class PostMover
       update[:reply_to_user_id] = nil
     end
 
-    post.update(update)
+    post.attributes = update
+    post.save(validate: false)
 
     move_incoming_emails(post, post)
     move_email_logs(post, post)
diff --git a/spec/models/post_mover_spec.rb b/spec/models/post_mover_spec.rb
index ded0639fca4..d48520a64e0 100644
--- a/spec/models/post_mover_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/post_mover_spec.rb
@@ -499,6 +499,17 @@ describe PostMover do
         end
       end
 
+      it "skips validations when moving posts" do
+        p1.update_attribute(:raw, "foo")
+        p2.update_attribute(:raw, "bar")
+
+        new_topic = topic.move_posts(user, [p1.id, p2.id], title: "new testing topic name")
+
+        expect(new_topic).to be_present
+        expect(new_topic.posts.by_post_number.first.raw).to eq(p1.raw)
+        expect(new_topic.posts.by_post_number.last.raw).to eq(p2.raw)
+        expect(new_topic.posts_count).to eq(2)
+      end
     end
   end
 end