diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index 68cd945fbe804a805dde618a63eba9e8d2c80fcb..8b3211ce7b7b323559c216a7e97ce520696defe5 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -268,7 +268,8 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
 
     @hot_questions = Rails.cache.fetch('hot_questions', expires_in: 4.hours) do
       Rack::MiniProfiler.step 'hot_questions: cache miss' do
-        Post.undeleted.where(last_activity: (Rails.env.development? ? 365 : 7).days.ago..DateTime.now)
+        Post.undeleted.where(closed: false)
+            .where(last_activity: (Rails.env.development? ? 365 : 7).days.ago..DateTime.now)
             .where(post_type_id: [Question.post_type_id, Article.post_type_id])
             .joins(:category).where(categories: { use_for_hot_posts: true })
             .where('score >= ?', SiteSetting['HotPostsScoreThreshold'])