diff --git a/lib/post_destroyer.rb b/lib/post_destroyer.rb
index 28357395547..9bba2444d4f 100644
--- a/lib/post_destroyer.rb
+++ b/lib/post_destroyer.rb
@@ -101,9 +101,6 @@ class PostDestroyer
       @post.update_flagged_posts_count
       @post.topic_links.each(&:destroy)
     end
-
-    # covered by PostRevisor
-    # @post.publish_change_to_clients! :revised
   end
 
   def user_recovered
@@ -113,9 +110,6 @@ class PostDestroyer
       @post.revise(@user, { raw: @post.revisions.last.modifications["raw"][0] }, force_new_version: true)
       @post.update_flagged_posts_count
     end
-
-    # covered by PostRevisor
-    # @post.publish_change_to_clients! :revised
   end
 
 
diff --git a/lib/post_revisor.rb b/lib/post_revisor.rb
index e100f4df0c5..cb616389b38 100644
--- a/lib/post_revisor.rb
+++ b/lib/post_revisor.rb
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class PostRevisor
     publish_changes
     grant_badge
 
-    @post_successfully_saved && @topic_successfully_saved
+    successfully_saved_post_and_topic
   end
 
   def cleanup_whitespaces(raw)
@@ -93,11 +93,7 @@ class PostRevisor
   end
 
   def revise_post
-    if should_create_new_version?
-      revise_and_create_new_version
-    else
-      revise
-    end
+    should_create_new_version? ? revise_and_create_new_version : revise
   end
 
   def should_create_new_version?
@@ -178,11 +174,9 @@ class PostRevisor
   end
 
   def create_or_update_revision
-    if @version_changed
-      create_revision
-    else
-      update_revision
-    end
+    # don't create an empty revision if something failed
+    return unless successfully_saved_post_and_topic
+    @version_changed ? create_revision : update_revision
   end
 
   def create_revision
@@ -305,4 +299,8 @@ class PostRevisor
     BadgeGranter.queue_badge_grant(Badge::Trigger::PostRevision, post: @post)
   end
 
+  def successfully_saved_post_and_topic
+    @post_successfully_saved && @topic_successfully_saved
+  end
+
 end