diff --git a/kmelia/kmelia-war/src/main/java/org/silverpeas/components/kmelia/control/KmeliaSessionController.java b/kmelia/kmelia-war/src/main/java/org/silverpeas/components/kmelia/control/KmeliaSessionController.java
index 6057a7534c..dff142f10f 100644
--- a/kmelia/kmelia-war/src/main/java/org/silverpeas/components/kmelia/control/KmeliaSessionController.java
+++ b/kmelia/kmelia-war/src/main/java/org/silverpeas/components/kmelia/control/KmeliaSessionController.java
@@ -741,6 +741,27 @@ public synchronized void flushTrashCan() {
     indexOfFirstPubToDisplay = 0;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Update the specified topic. If the local rights of the topic are enabled, then from the
+   * inherited rights, only the admin ones are kept.
+   * @param topic the topic to update with the updated data
+   * @param alertType the type of notification: notify all the users ("All"), only the publishers
+   * ("publisher"), or nobody ("None").
+   */
+  public synchronized void updateTopic(NodeDetail topic, String alertType) {
+    NodeDetail previousTopic = getNodeHeader(topic.getId());
+    updateTopicHeader(topic, alertType);
+    if (!previousTopic.haveLocalRights() && topic.haveLocalRights()) {
+      initTopicSpecificAdminProfiles(topic.getNodePK(), topic.getFatherPK());
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Update only header information about the specified topic.
+   * @param nd the topic to update with the updated data
+   * @param alertType the type of notification: notify all the users ("All"), only the publishers
+   * ("publisher"), or nobody ("None").
+   */
   public synchronized void updateTopicHeader(NodeDetail nd, String alertType) {
     nd.getNodePK().setSpace(getSpaceId());
     nd.getNodePK().setComponentName(getComponentId());
@@ -763,12 +784,19 @@ public synchronized NodePK addSubTopic(NodeDetail nd, String alertType, String p
     nd.getNodePK().setSpace(getSpaceId());
     nd.getNodePK().setComponentName(getComponentId());
     nd.setCreatorId(getUserId());
-    NodePK pk = getKmeliaService().addSubTopic(getNodePK(parentId), nd, alertType);
+    NodePK parentPk = getNodePK(parentId);
+    NodePK pk = getKmeliaService().addSubTopic(parentPk, nd, alertType);
+    initTopicSpecificAdminProfiles(pk, parentPk);
+
+    return pk;
+  }
 
+  private void initTopicSpecificAdminProfiles(NodePK pk, NodePK parentPk) {
     // by default, sets father's admin rights in the case of specific rights
     // to prevent no access to users having some rights with the father topic
-    NodeDetail created = getNodeHeader(pk.getId());
-    if (created.haveLocalRights()) {
+    NodeDetail node = getNodeHeader(pk.getId());
+    String parentId = parentPk.getId();
+    if (node.haveLocalRights()) {
       ProfileInst parentProfile;
       String profileAdmin = SilverpeasRole.ADMIN.getName();
       if (NodePK.ROOT_NODE_ID.equals(parentId)) {
@@ -782,8 +810,6 @@ public synchronized NodePK addSubTopic(NodeDetail nd, String alertType, String p
             parentProfile.getAllUsers().toArray(new String[0]));
       }
     }
-
-    return pk;
   }
 
   public synchronized String deleteTopic(String topicId) {
diff --git a/kmelia/kmelia-war/src/main/java/org/silverpeas/components/kmelia/servlets/KmeliaRequestRouter.java b/kmelia/kmelia-war/src/main/java/org/silverpeas/components/kmelia/servlets/KmeliaRequestRouter.java
index ce878ebeeb..29146a5e47 100644
--- a/kmelia/kmelia-war/src/main/java/org/silverpeas/components/kmelia/servlets/KmeliaRequestRouter.java
+++ b/kmelia/kmelia-war/src/main/java/org/silverpeas/components/kmelia/servlets/KmeliaRequestRouter.java
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ public String getDestination(String function, KmeliaSessionController kmelia,
     boolean kmaxMode = false;
     boolean toolboxMode;
     SilverpeasRole highestSilverpeasUserRoleOnCurrentTopic =
-        getHighestSilverpeasUserRoleOnCurrentTopic(kmelia, function);
+        getHighestSilverpeasUserRoleOnCurrentTopic(kmelia);
     try {
       if ("kmax".equals(kmelia.getComponentRootName())) {
         kmaxMode = true;
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ public String getDestination(String function, KmeliaSessionController kmelia,
             goToProfilesDefinition = true;
           }
         }
-        kmelia.updateTopicHeader(topic, alertType);
+        kmelia.updateTopic(topic, alertType);
 
         if (goToProfilesDefinition) {
           request.setAttribute("NodeId", id);
@@ -1487,7 +1487,7 @@ else if (function.equals("KmaxMain")) {
 
   @NonNull
   private static SilverpeasRole getHighestSilverpeasUserRoleOnCurrentTopic(
-      KmeliaSessionController kmelia, String function) {
+      KmeliaSessionController kmelia) {
     return SilverpeasRole.fromString(kmelia.getUserTopicProfile(kmelia.getCurrentFolderId()));
   }