diff --git a/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/discussion_thread_view.coffee b/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/discussion_thread_view.coffee
index 021fa63d74..bbe8fd1c18 100644
--- a/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/discussion_thread_view.coffee
+++ b/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/discussion_thread_view.coffee
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 class @DiscussionThreadView extends Backbone.View
   events:
-    "click .discussion-vote-up": "toggleVote"
+    "click .discussion-vote": "toggleVote"
     "click .dogear": "toggleFollowing"
     "click .discussion-submit-post": "submitComment"
   template: _.template($("#thread-template").html())
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class @DiscussionThreadView extends Backbone.View
     @$el.html(@template(@model.toJSON()))
 
   updateModelDetails: =>
-    @$(".votes-count-number").html(@model.get("votes")["up_count"])
+    @$(".discussion-vote .votes-count-number").html(@model.get("votes")["up_count"])
 
   render: ->
     if window.user.following(@model)
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ class @DiscussionThreadView extends Backbone.View
     @model.trigger "comment:add"
 
   toggleVote: ->
-    @$(".vote-btn").toggleClass("is-cast")
-    if @$(".vote-btn").hasClass("is-cast")
+    @$(".discussion-vote").toggleClass("is-cast")
+    if @$(".discussion-vote").hasClass("is-cast")
       @vote()
     else
       @unvote()
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class @DiscussionThreadView extends Backbone.View
 
   vote: ->
     url = @model.urlFor("upvote")
-    @$(".votes-count-number").html(parseInt(@$(".votes-count-number").html()) + 1)
+    @$(".discussion-vote .votes-count-number").html(parseInt(@$(".discussion-vote .votes-count-number").html()) + 1)
     DiscussionUtil.safeAjax
       $elem: @$(".discussion-vote")
       url: url
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class @DiscussionThreadView extends Backbone.View
 
   unvote: ->
     url = @model.urlFor("unvote")
-    @$(".votes-count-number").html(parseInt(@$(".votes-count-number").html()) - 1)
+    @$(".discussion-vote .votes-count-number").html(parseInt(@$(".discussion-vote .votes-count-number").html()) - 1)
     DiscussionUtil.safeAjax
       $elem: @$(".discussion-vote")
       url: url
diff --git a/lms/templates/discussion/single_thread.html b/lms/templates/discussion/single_thread.html
index d70bbbc4f5..8c5aa3924f 100644
--- a/lms/templates/discussion/single_thread.html
+++ b/lms/templates/discussion/single_thread.html
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
 
 <script type="text/template" id="thread-response-template">
   <header>
-  <a href="#" class="vote-btn" data-tooltip="vote"><span class="plus-icon"></span><span class="votes-count-number">${"<%= votes['up_count'] %>"}</span></a>
+    <a href="#" class="vote-btn" data-tooltip="vote"><span class="plus-icon"></span><span class="votes-count-number">${"<%= votes['up_count'] %>"}</span></a>
     <a href="#" class="posted-by">${"<%= username %>"}</a>
     <p class="posted-details" title="${'<%= created_at %>'}">Sometime</p>
   </header>