diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/user.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/user.js
index 6316e4f7883..7fa3df262a1 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/user.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/user.js
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ Discourse.User = Discourse.Model.extend({
 
   isSuspended: Em.computed.equal('suspended', true),
 
+  suspended: function() {
+    return this.get('suspended_till') && moment(this.get('suspended_till')).isAfter();
+  }.property('suspended_till'),
+
   suspendedTillDate: function() {
     return Discourse.Formatter.longDate(this.get('suspended_till'));
   }.property('suspended_till'),
diff --git a/app/serializers/user_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/user_serializer.rb
index 38be5f60614..5af590cb167 100644
--- a/app/serializers/user_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/user_serializer.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ class UserSerializer < BasicUserSerializer
              :moderator,
              :admin,
              :title,
-             :suspended,
              :suspend_reason,
              :suspended_till
 
@@ -99,10 +98,6 @@ class UserSerializer < BasicUserSerializer
     SiteSetting.enable_names?
   end
 
-  def suspended
-    object.suspended?
-  end
-
   def include_suspended?
     object.suspended?
   end