diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/inline.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/inline.pm
index 687c8a48f..62910972f 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/inline.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/inline.pm
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ sub import {
 	hook(type => "checkconfig", id => "inline", call => \&checkconfig);
 	hook(type => "sessioncgi", id => "inline", call => \&sessioncgi);
 	hook(type => "preprocess", id => "inline", 
-		call => \&IkiWiki::preprocess_inline, scan => 1);
+		call => \&IkiWiki::preprocess_inline);
 	hook(type => "pagetemplate", id => "inline",
 		call => \&IkiWiki::pagetemplate_inline);
 	hook(type => "format", id => "inline", call => \&format, first => 1);
@@ -155,23 +155,6 @@ sub preprocess_inline (@) {
 	if (! exists $params{pages} && ! exists $params{pagenames}) {
 		error gettext("missing pages parameter");
 	}
-
-	if (! defined wantarray) {
-		# Running in scan mode: only do the essentials
-
-		if (yesno($params{trail}) && IkiWiki::Plugin::trail->can("preprocess_trailitems")) {
-			# default to sorting age, the same as inline itself,
-			# but let the params override that
-			IkiWiki::Plugin::trail::preprocess_trailitems(sort => 'age', %params);
-		}
-
-		return;
-	}
-
-	if (yesno($params{trail}) && IkiWiki::Plugin::trail->can("preprocess_trailitems")) {
-		scalar IkiWiki::Plugin::trail::preprocess_trailitems(sort => 'age', %params);
-	}
-
 	my $raw=yesno($params{raw});
 	my $archive=yesno($params{archive});
 	my $rss=(($config{rss} || $config{allowrss}) && exists $params{rss}) ? yesno($params{rss}) : $config{rss};
@@ -211,7 +194,8 @@ sub preprocess_inline (@) {
 			}
 		}
 
-		@list = map { bestlink($params{page}, $_) }
+		@list = grep { $_ ne '' } 
+			map { bestlink($params{page}, $_) }
 		        split ' ', $params{pagenames};
 
 		if (yesno($params{reverse})) {
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 5820009ef..0eca18aed 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 ikiwiki (3.20120204) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
   * Remove dead link from plugins/teximg. Closes: #664885
+  * inline: When the pagenames list includes pages that do not exist, skip
+    them.
 
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:33:14 -0400