diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/Counters/functions/setCounterValue.ts b/backend/src/plugins/Counters/functions/setCounterValue.ts
index 7a988ee2..55b6f78f 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/Counters/functions/setCounterValue.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/Counters/functions/setCounterValue.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ export async function setCounterValue(
     throw new Error(`Counter is per user but no user ID was supplied`);
   }
 
+  channelId = counter.per_channel ? channelId : null;
+  userId = counter.per_user ? userId : null;
+
   const counterId = pluginData.state.counterIds[counterName];
   const lock = await pluginData.locks.acquire(counterIdLock(counterId));