diff --git a/app/services/badges/award_first_post.rb b/app/services/badges/award_first_post.rb
index 8cf8b0a79..3ed672074 100644
--- a/app/services/badges/award_first_post.rb
+++ b/app/services/badges/award_first_post.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ module Badges
       Article.joins(:user)
         .where("articles.published_at > ?", 1.week.ago)
         .where("articles.published_at < ?", 1.hour.ago)
+        .where("articles.score >= ?", 0)
         .where(nth_published_by_author: 1)
         .where.not(users: { id: User.with_role(:spam).or(User.with_role(:suspended)) })
         .find_each do |article|
diff --git a/spec/services/badges/award_first_post_spec.rb b/spec/services/badges/award_first_post_spec.rb
index 623688668..234d88678 100644
--- a/spec/services/badges/award_first_post_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/badges/award_first_post_spec.rb
@@ -33,6 +33,14 @@ RSpec.describe Badges::AwardFirstPost do
         Timecop.return
         expect { described_class.call }.to change(BadgeAchievement, :count).by(1)
       end
+
+      it "does not award the badge if the article score is less than zero" do
+        Timecop.freeze(2.days.ago) do
+          create(:article, user: create(:user), score: -1)
+        end
+        Timecop.return
+        expect { described_class.call }.not_to change(BadgeAchievement, :count)
+      end
     end
 
     context "when the user has a spam or suspended role" do