diff --git a/backend-rpc.php b/backend-rpc.php
index 6de87aa84..92fe23468 100644
--- a/backend-rpc.php
+++ b/backend-rpc.php
@@ -164,25 +164,10 @@
 		if ($subop == "markSelected") {
 
 			$ids = split(",", db_escape_string($_GET["ids"]));
-
 			$cmode = sprintf("%d", $_GET["cmode"]);
 
-			foreach ($ids as $id) {
-
-				if ($cmode == 0) {
-					db_query($link, "UPDATE ttrss_user_entries SET 
-					marked = false
-					WHERE ref_id = '$id' AND owner_uid = " . $_SESSION["uid"]);
-				} else if ($cmode == 1) {
-					db_query($link, "UPDATE ttrss_user_entries SET 
-					marked = true
-					WHERE ref_id = '$id' AND owner_uid = " . $_SESSION["uid"]);
-				} else {
-					db_query($link, "UPDATE ttrss_user_entries SET 
-					marked = NOT marked
-					WHERE ref_id = '$id' AND owner_uid = " . $_SESSION["uid"]);
-				}
-			}
+			markArticlesById($link, $ids, $cmode);
+
 			print "<rpc-reply>";
 			print "<counters>";
 			getAllCounters($link);
diff --git a/functions.php b/functions.php
index bb80cac57..600a776c6 100644
--- a/functions.php
+++ b/functions.php
@@ -2587,6 +2587,31 @@
 		}
 	}
 
+	function markArticlesById($link, $ids, $cmode) {
+
+		$tmp_ids = array();
+
+		foreach ($ids as $id) {
+			array_push($tmp_ids, "ref_id = '$id'");
+		}
+
+		$ids_qpart = join(" OR ", $tmp_ids);
+
+		if ($cmode == 0) {
+			db_query($link, "UPDATE ttrss_user_entries SET 
+			marked = false,last_read = NOW()
+			WHERE ($ids_qpart) AND owner_uid = " . $_SESSION["uid"]);
+		} else if ($cmode == 1) {
+			db_query($link, "UPDATE ttrss_user_entries SET 
+			marked = true
+			WHERE ($ids_qpart) AND owner_uid = " . $_SESSION["uid"]);
+		} else {
+			db_query($link, "UPDATE ttrss_user_entries SET 
+			marked = NOT marked,last_read = NOW()
+			WHERE ($ids_qpart) AND owner_uid = " . $_SESSION["uid"]);
+		}
+	}
+
 	function catchupArticlesById($link, $ids, $cmode) {
 
 		$tmp_ids = array();