diff --git a/app/models/status_message.rb b/app/models/status_message.rb
index 52dbb7b24..f5bb096ed 100644
--- a/app/models/status_message.rb
+++ b/app/models/status_message.rb
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class StatusMessage < Post
   before_create :filter_mentions
   after_create :create_mentions
   after_create :queue_gather_oembed_data, :if => :contains_oembed_url_in_text?
-  after_create :queue_gather_open_graph_data, :if => :contains_open_graph_url_in_text?
+  after_commit :queue_gather_open_graph_data, :on => :create, :if => :contains_open_graph_url_in_text?
 
   #scopes
   scope :where_person_is_mentioned, lambda { |person|