diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/helpers/category-link.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/helpers/category-link.js.es6
index b8a61987979..3cdb03c8f00 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/helpers/category-link.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/helpers/category-link.js.es6
@@ -79,7 +79,9 @@ function defaultCategoryLinkRenderer(category, opts) {
   let restricted = get(category, "read_restricted");
   let url = opts.url
     ? opts.url
-    : Discourse.getURL(`/c/${Category.slugFor(category)}/${category.id}`);
+    : Discourse.getURL(
+        `/c/${Category.slugFor(category)}/${get(category, "id")}`
+      );
   let href = opts.link === false ? "" : url;
   let tagName = opts.link === false || opts.link === "false" ? "span" : "a";
   let extraClasses = opts.extraClasses ? " " + opts.extraClasses : "";