diff --git a/app/models/tag.rb b/app/models/tag.rb
index 24e979d29cb..f6b262da2c1 100644
--- a/app/models/tag.rb
+++ b/app/models/tag.rb
@@ -817,6 +817,8 @@ def transfer_or_remove_associations
       self.sub_taggings.destroy_all
       self.meta_taggings.destroy_all
     end
+
+    refresh_autocomplete
   end
 
   # When we make this tag a synonym of another canonical tag, we want to move