diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/ApprovalsUtil.java b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/ApprovalsUtil.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6997d47526
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/ApprovalsUtil.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2009 The Android Open Source Project
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package com.google.gerrit.server;
+
+import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.Change;
+import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.PatchSetApproval;
+import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.ReviewDb;
+import com.google.gwtorm.client.OrmException;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class ApprovalsUtil {
+  /* Resync the changeOpen status which is cached in the approvals table for
+     performance reasons*/
+  public static void syncChangeStatus(final ReviewDb db, final Change change)
+      throws OrmException {
+    final List<PatchSetApproval> approvals =
+        db.patchSetApprovals().byChange(change.getId()).toList();
+    for (PatchSetApproval a : approvals) {
+      a.cache(change);
+    }
+    db.patchSetApprovals().update(approvals);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/ChangeUtil.java b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/ChangeUtil.java
index 3ff336e502..b4ce6f5c43 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/ChangeUtil.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/ChangeUtil.java
@@ -403,12 +403,7 @@ public class ChangeUtil {
     }
     db.changeMessages().insert(Collections.singleton(cmsg));
 
-    final List<PatchSetApproval> approvals =
-        db.patchSetApprovals().byChange(change.getId()).toList();
-    for (PatchSetApproval a : approvals) {
-      a.cache(change);
-    }
-    db.patchSetApprovals().update(approvals);
+    ApprovalsUtil.syncChangeStatus(db, change);
 
     // Email the reviewers
     final ReplyToChangeSender cm = senderFactory.create(change);
diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/git/ReceiveCommits.java b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/git/ReceiveCommits.java
index 3c9e4da2a1..8450dc5aa9 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/git/ReceiveCommits.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/git/ReceiveCommits.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.PatchSetInfo;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.Project;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.RevId;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.ReviewDb;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.ApprovalsUtil;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.ChangeUtil;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.GerritPersonIdent;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.IdentifiedUser;
@@ -1830,12 +1831,7 @@ public class ReceiveCommits implements PreReceiveHook, PostReceiveHook {
     change.setStatus(Change.Status.MERGED);
     ChangeUtil.updated(change);
 
-    final List<PatchSetApproval> approvals =
-        db.patchSetApprovals().byChange(change.getId()).toList();
-    for (PatchSetApproval a : approvals) {
-      a.cache(change);
-    }
-    db.patchSetApprovals().update(approvals);
+    ApprovalsUtil.syncChangeStatus(db, change);
 
     final StringBuilder msgBuf = new StringBuilder();
     msgBuf.append("Change has been successfully pushed");