diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/opendiscussion.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/opendiscussion.pm
index 2805f60ef..808d3cd2b 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/opendiscussion.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/opendiscussion.pm
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ sub canedit ($$) {
 	my $cgi=shift;
 	my $session=shift;
 
-	return "" if $page=~/(\/|^)\Q$config{discussionpage}\E$/i;
+	return "" if $config{discussion} && $page=~/(\/|^)\Q$config{discussionpage}\E$/i;
 	return "" if pagespec_match($page, "postcomment(*)");
 	return undef;
 }
diff --git a/doc/bugs/opendiscussion_should_respect_the_discussion_option.mdwn b/doc/bugs/opendiscussion_should_respect_the_discussion_option.mdwn
index e4bc736e3..0b9ed08be 100644
--- a/doc/bugs/opendiscussion_should_respect_the_discussion_option.mdwn
+++ b/doc/bugs/opendiscussion_should_respect_the_discussion_option.mdwn
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ the `discussionpage` setting to be edited anonymously, even if
 
 (If it respected the `discussion` option, the combination of
 `opendiscussion` and `moderatedcomments` might be good for blogs.)
+
+[[done]] --[[smcv]]