diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index fcd45a268923c1583c3d5fa4132c1efc90108113..88c77f9294721e8f4a0b2bc0e16cbb47152717ef 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ class User
       Rails.logger.debug("Saving object: #{object}")
       object.save
       object.socket_to_uid( id) if object.respond_to? :socket_to_uid
-      object.person.send_comment object if object.is_a? Comment && owns? object
+      object.person.send_comment object if (object.is_a? Comment && self.owns?( object))
     end
   end