diff --git a/frontend_tests/node_tests/stream_events.js b/frontend_tests/node_tests/stream_events.js
index befce9acb8..a2c7336a58 100644
--- a/frontend_tests/node_tests/stream_events.js
+++ b/frontend_tests/node_tests/stream_events.js
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ run_test('update_property', () => {
     // Test in home view
     with_overrides(function (override) {
         global.with_stub(function (stub) {
-            override('stream_muting.update_in_home_view', stub.f);
-            stream_events.update_property(1, 'in_home_view', true);
+            override('stream_muting.update_is_muted', stub.f);
+            stream_events.update_property(1, 'in_home_view', false);
             var args = stub.get_args('sub', 'val');
             assert.equal(args.sub.stream_id, 1);
             assert.equal(args.val, true);
diff --git a/static/js/stream_events.js b/static/js/stream_events.js
index 85f0244745..d00808a0a0 100644
--- a/static/js/stream_events.js
+++ b/static/js/stream_events.js
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ exports.update_property = function (stream_id, property, value, other_values) {
         stream_color.update_stream_color(sub, value, {update_historical: true});
         break;
     case 'in_home_view':
-        stream_muting.update_in_home_view(sub, value);
+        stream_muting.update_is_muted(sub, !value);
         break;
     case 'desktop_notifications':
         update_stream_desktop_notifications(sub, value);
diff --git a/static/js/stream_muting.js b/static/js/stream_muting.js
index 0661478a88..95ebbf9087 100644
--- a/static/js/stream_muting.js
+++ b/static/js/stream_muting.js
@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@ var stream_muting = (function () {
 
 var exports = {};
 
-exports.update_in_home_view = function (sub, value) {
-    // value is true if we are in home view
-    // TODO: flip the semantics to be is_muting
-    sub.is_muted = !value;
+exports.update_is_muted = function (sub, value) {
+    sub.is_muted = value;
 
     setTimeout(function () {
         var msg_offset;
@@ -51,7 +49,7 @@ exports.update_in_home_view = function (sub, value) {
     stream_list.set_in_home_view(sub.stream_id, !sub.is_muted);
 
     var not_in_home_view_checkbox = $(".subscription_settings[data-stream-id='" + sub.stream_id + "'] #sub_setting_not_in_home_view .sub_setting_control");
-    not_in_home_view_checkbox.prop('checked', !value);
+    not_in_home_view_checkbox.prop('checked', value);
 };
 
 return exports;
diff --git a/static/js/subs.js b/static/js/subs.js
index 69017c2d7a..c9baf74435 100644
--- a/static/js/subs.js
+++ b/static/js/subs.js
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ exports.active_stream = function () {
 };
 
 exports.toggle_home = function (sub) {
-    stream_muting.update_in_home_view(sub, sub.is_muted);
+    stream_muting.update_is_muted(sub, !sub.is_muted);
     stream_edit.set_stream_property(sub, 'is_muted', sub.is_muted);
 };