diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/post_view.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/post_view.js
index 0eb45c93d41..77e0b917ee0 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/post_view.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/post_view.js
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ Discourse.PostView = Discourse.GroupedView.extend(Ember.Evented, {
 
       self.$(".cooked a[href]").each(function() {
         var link = $(this);
-        if (!lc.internal && link.attr('href') === lc.url) {
+        if ((!lc.internal || lc.url[0] === "/") && link.attr('href') === lc.url) {
           // don't display badge counts on category badge
           if (link.closest('.badge-category').length === 0 && ((link.closest(".onebox-result").length === 0 && link.closest('.onebox-body').length === 0) || link.hasClass("track-link"))) {
             link.append("<span class='badge badge-notification clicks' title='" +