diff --git a/include/class.topic.php b/include/class.topic.php
index c25ab788a4288beaae3bd1163ecb72c6b2ea183f..24a053476a3f23aff9d6298560e8ee9f10e87b72 100644
--- a/include/class.topic.php
+++ b/include/class.topic.php
@@ -418,8 +418,8 @@ implements TemplateVariable {
         $this->status_id = $vars['status_id'] ?: 0;
         $this->sla_id = $vars['sla_id'] ?: 0;
         $this->page_id = $vars['page_id'] ?: 0;
-        $this->isactive = !!$vars['isactive'];
-        $this->ispublic = !!$vars['ispublic'];
+        $this->isactive = $vars['isactive'];
+        $this->ispublic = $vars['ispublic'];
         $this->sequence_id = $vars['custom-numbers'] ? $vars['sequence_id'] : 0;
         $this->number_format = $vars['custom-numbers'] ? $vars['number_format'] : '';
         $this->flags = $vars['custom-numbers'] ? self::FLAG_CUSTOM_NUMBERS : 0;