diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sonyericsson/hudson/plugins/gerrit/trigger/hudsontrigger/GerritTrigger.java b/src/main/java/com/sonyericsson/hudson/plugins/gerrit/trigger/hudsontrigger/GerritTrigger.java
index e002dd056..ef4947c3e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/sonyericsson/hudson/plugins/gerrit/trigger/hudsontrigger/GerritTrigger.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sonyericsson/hudson/plugins/gerrit/trigger/hudsontrigger/GerritTrigger.java
@@ -1949,6 +1949,7 @@ public void setSilentMode(boolean silentMode) {
 
     /**
      * Enable or disable Topic Association option.
+     * Replaced by {@link #setTopicAssociation(TopicAssociation)} ()
      *
      * @param enable true or false.
      */
@@ -2232,11 +2233,8 @@ public Object readResolve() throws ObjectStreamException {
         if (projectListIsReady == null) {
             projectListIsReady = new CountDownLatch(0);
         }
-
-        if (enableTopicAssociation) {
+        if (topicAssociation == null && enableTopicAssociation) {
             topicAssociation = new TopicAssociation();
-        } else {
-            topicAssociation = null;
         }
 
         return super.readResolve();
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/sonyericsson/hudson/plugins/gerrit/trigger/hudsontrigger/data/TopicAssociationTest.java b/src/test/java/com/sonyericsson/hudson/plugins/gerrit/trigger/hudsontrigger/data/TopicAssociationTest.java
index f8a9910c1..d66de7915 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/sonyericsson/hudson/plugins/gerrit/trigger/hudsontrigger/data/TopicAssociationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/sonyericsson/hudson/plugins/gerrit/trigger/hudsontrigger/data/TopicAssociationTest.java
@@ -24,12 +24,18 @@
 
 package com.sonyericsson.hudson.plugins.gerrit.trigger.hudsontrigger.data;
 
+import com.sonyericsson.hudson.plugins.gerrit.trigger.hudsontrigger.GerritTrigger;
+import com.sonyericsson.hudson.plugins.gerrit.trigger.mock.Setup;
 import com.sonymobile.tools.gerrit.gerritevents.dto.GerritChangeStatus;
 import com.sonymobile.tools.gerrit.gerritevents.dto.attr.Change;
+import hudson.model.FreeStyleProject;
+import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.jvnet.hudson.test.JenkinsSessionRule;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 
 /**
  * Tests the TopicAssociation method.
@@ -37,6 +43,13 @@
  */
 public class TopicAssociationTest {
 
+
+    /**
+     *  Jenkins Session Rule for testing.
+     */
+    //CS IGNORE VisibilityModifier FOR NEXT 1 LINES. REASON: JenkinsSessionRule must be public.
+    @Rule public JenkinsSessionRule session = new JenkinsSessionRule();
+
     /**
      * Create a custom change for testing.
      *
@@ -75,4 +88,32 @@ public void testIsInterestingChange() {
         assertFalse(topicAssociation.isInterestingChangeStatus(c));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Test TopicAssociation field set after Jenkins restart.
+     *
+     * @throws Throwable on failure
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testTopicAssociationSetAfterRestart() throws Throwable {
+        session.then(j -> {
+            FreeStyleProject foo = j.createFreeStyleProject("foo");
+            GerritTrigger trigger = Setup.createDefaultTrigger(foo);
+            TopicAssociation ta = new TopicAssociation();
+            ta.setIgnoreMergedChangeStatus(true);
+            ta.setIgnoreAbandonedChangeStatus(true);
+            trigger.setTopicAssociation(ta);
+            foo.save();
+        });
+
+        session.then(j -> {
+            FreeStyleProject foo = j.jenkins.getItemByFullName("foo", FreeStyleProject.class);
+            assertNotNull(foo);
+            GerritTrigger trigger = foo.getTrigger(GerritTrigger.class);
+            TopicAssociation ta = trigger.getTopicAssociation();
+            assertNotNull(ta);
+            assertFalse(ta.isIgnoreNewChangeStatus());
+            assertTrue(ta.isIgnoreMergedChangeStatus());
+            assertTrue(ta.isIgnoreAbandonedChangeStatus());
+        });
+    }
 }