diff --git a/app/models/post_action.rb b/app/models/post_action.rb
index adb1cf09142..617d0c72b3b 100644
--- a/app/models/post_action.rb
+++ b/app/models/post_action.rb
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ SQL
         end
     end
 
-    PostCreator.new(user, opts).create.try(:id)
+    PostCreator.new(user, opts).create!&.id
   end
 
   def self.limit_action!(user, post, post_action_type_id)
diff --git a/spec/models/post_action_spec.rb b/spec/models/post_action_spec.rb
index 7c2a13a3b69..9c742835dfe 100644
--- a/spec/models/post_action_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/post_action_spec.rb
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ describe PostAction do
     end
   end
 
-  describe "#create_message_for_post_action" do
+  describe ".create_message_for_post_action" do
     it "does not create a message when there is no message" do
       message_id = PostAction.create_message_for_post_action(Discourse.system_user, post, PostActionType.types[:spam], {})
       expect(message_id).to be_nil
@@ -528,6 +528,25 @@ describe PostAction do
       end
     end
 
+    it "should raise the right errors when it fails to create a post" do
+      begin
+        group = Group[:moderators]
+        messageable_level = group.messageable_level
+        group.update!(messageable_level: Group::ALIAS_LEVELS[:nobody])
+
+        expect do
+          PostAction.create_message_for_post_action(
+            Fabricate(:user),
+            post,
+            PostActionType.types[:notify_moderators],
+            message: 'testing',
+          )
+        end.to raise_error(ActiveRecord::RecordNotSaved)
+      ensure
+        group.update!(messageable_level: messageable_level)
+      end
+    end
+
   end
 
   describe ".lookup_for" do