diff --git a/library/includes/init_bb.php b/library/includes/init_bb.php
index 1cb8a6c6f..e529d928f 100644
--- a/library/includes/init_bb.php
+++ b/library/includes/init_bb.php
@@ -183,7 +183,8 @@ define('FEMALE', 2);
 define('NOGENDER', 0);
 
 // Poll
-# 1 - обычный опрос
+define('POLL_DELETED', 0);
+define('POLL_STARTED', 1);
 define('POLL_FINISHED', 2);
 
 // Group avatars
diff --git a/poll.php b/poll.php
index e0d475a9e..bd3a0b1dc 100644
--- a/poll.php
+++ b/poll.php
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ switch ($mode) {
         ]);
 
         // Starting the poll
-        DB()->query("UPDATE " . BB_TOPICS . " SET topic_vote = 1 WHERE topic_id = $topic_id");
+        DB()->query("UPDATE " . BB_TOPICS . " SET topic_vote = " . POLL_STARTED . " WHERE topic_id = $topic_id");
         bb_die($lang['NEW_POLL_START']);
         break;
     case 'poll_finish':
diff --git a/src/Legacy/Poll.php b/src/Legacy/Poll.php
index c0d70b7bc..24cc3b63b 100644
--- a/src/Legacy/Poll.php
+++ b/src/Legacy/Poll.php
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class Poll
 
         DB()->query("REPLACE INTO " . BB_POLL_VOTES . $sql_args);
 
-        DB()->query("UPDATE " . BB_TOPICS . " SET topic_vote = 1 WHERE topic_id = $topic_id");
+        DB()->query("UPDATE " . BB_TOPICS . " SET topic_vote = " . POLL_STARTED . " WHERE topic_id = $topic_id");
     }
 
     /**
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class Poll
      */
     public function delete_poll($topic_id)
     {
-        DB()->query("UPDATE " . BB_TOPICS . " SET topic_vote = 0 WHERE topic_id = $topic_id");
+        DB()->query("UPDATE " . BB_TOPICS . " SET topic_vote = " . POLL_DELETED . " WHERE topic_id = $topic_id");
         $this->delete_votes_data($topic_id);
     }