diff --git a/judge/bridge/judge_handler.py b/judge/bridge/judge_handler.py
index b0bacf558c..75b866946d 100644
--- a/judge/bridge/judge_handler.py
+++ b/judge/bridge/judge_handler.py
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ def on_submission_terminated(self, packet):
         logger.info('%s: Submission aborted: %s', self.name, packet['submission-id'])
         self._free_self(packet)
 
-        if Submission.objects.filter(id=packet['submission-id']).update(status='AB', result='AB'):
+        if Submission.objects.filter(id=packet['submission-id']).update(status='AB', result='AB', points=0):
             event.post('sub_%s' % Submission.get_id_secret(packet['submission-id']), {'type': 'aborted-submission'})
             self._post_update_submission(packet['submission-id'], 'terminated', done=True)
             json_log.info(self._make_json_log(packet, action='aborted', finish=True, result='AB'))
diff --git a/judge/judgeapi.py b/judge/judgeapi.py
index 7077840d7f..39fa9c8bd9 100644
--- a/judge/judgeapi.py
+++ b/judge/judgeapi.py
@@ -113,6 +113,6 @@ def abort_submission(submission):
     # This defaults to true, so that in the case the JudgeList fails to remove the submission from the queue,
     # and returns a bad-request, the submission is not falsely shown as "Aborted" when it will still be judged.
     if not response.get('judge-aborted', True):
-        Submission.objects.filter(id=submission.id).update(status='AB', result='AB')
+        Submission.objects.filter(id=submission.id).update(status='AB', result='AB', points=0)
         event.post('sub_%s' % Submission.get_id_secret(submission.id), {'type': 'aborted-submission'})
         _post_update_submission(submission, done=True)