diff --git a/app/views/shared/_stream_element.html.haml b/app/views/shared/_stream_element.html.haml
index a30eb497e..a5fabe864 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_stream_element.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_stream_element.html.haml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
     .info
       %span.time= link_to(how_long_ago(post), status_message_path(post))
-      = comment_toggle(comments.length, defined?(@commenting_disabled))
+      = comment_toggle(comments.length, @commenting_disabled)
 
     = render "comments/comments", :post_id => post.id, :comment_hashes => comments, :condensed => true, :commenting_disabled => defined?(@commenting_disabled)