diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/inline.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/inline.pm
index 29729a414..93dc0149e 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/inline.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/inline.pm
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ sub preprocess_inline (@) {
 					if ($config{discussion}) {
 						if ($page !~ /.*\/\Q$config{discussionpage}\E$/ &&
 						    (length $config{cgiurl} ||
-						     exists $links{$page."/".$config{discussionpage}})) {
+						     exists $pagesources{$page."/".$config{discussionpage}})) {
 							$template->param(have_actions => 1);
 							$template->param(discussionlink =>
 								htmllink($page,