diff --git a/app/controllers/topics_controller.rb b/app/controllers/topics_controller.rb
index b8f5572981d..54625b51d55 100644
--- a/app/controllers/topics_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/topics_controller.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 require_dependency 'topic_view'
 require_dependency 'promotion'
+require_dependency 'url_helper'
 
 class TopicsController < ApplicationController
+  include UrlHelper
 
   before_filter :ensure_logged_in, only: [:timings,
                                           :destroy_timings,
@@ -57,7 +59,7 @@ class TopicsController < ApplicationController
 
     perform_show_response
 
-    canonical_url @topic_view.canonical_path
+    canonical_url absolute(@topic_view.canonical_path)
   end
 
   def wordpress
diff --git a/lib/canonical_url.rb b/lib/canonical_url.rb
index 0612c665010..6a159091393 100644
--- a/lib/canonical_url.rb
+++ b/lib/canonical_url.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ module CanonicalURL
 
   module Helpers
     def canonical_link_tag(url = nil)
-
       return '' unless url || @canonical_url
       tag('link', rel: 'canonical', href: url || @canonical_url || request.url)
     end