diff --git a/app/models/topic.rb b/app/models/topic.rb
index e34e64f..31800ab 100644
--- a/app/models/topic.rb
+++ b/app/models/topic.rb
@@ -42,7 +42,13 @@ class Topic < ActiveRecord::Base
   acts_as_readable
 
   def self.recent_topics
-    Post.order("id desc").select("DISTINCT topic_id").limit(5).map(&:topic)
+    Post.joins("LEFT OUTER JOIN topics ON topics.id = posts.topic_id")
+      .joins("LEFT OUTER JOIN forums on forums.id = topics.forum_id")
+      .joins("LEFT OUTER JOIN forumers on forums.id = forumers.forum_id")
+      .order("posts.id desc")
+      .where("forumers.id IS NULL")
+      .select("DISTINCT topic_id")
+      .limit(5).map(&:topic)
   end
 
   def to_s
diff --git a/spec/models/topic_spec.rb b/spec/models/topic_spec.rb
index 836e9cb..e9f740c 100644
--- a/spec/models/topic_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/topic_spec.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ describe Topic do
   end
 
   describe ".recent_topics" do
-    before(:all) do
+    before(:each) do
       5.times do
         topic = create :topic
         3.times { create :post, topic: topic }
@@ -40,5 +40,11 @@ describe Topic do
       expect(recent_topics.length).to eq(5)
       expect(recent_topics.map(&:id).uniq.length).to eq(5)
     end
+    it "does not return posts from restricted forums" do
+      restricted_topic = create :topic, title: "Restricted"
+      create :forumer, forum: restricted_topic.forum
+      create :post, topic: restricted_topic
+      expect(Topic.recent_topics).to_not include(restricted_topic)
+    end
   end
 end