diff --git a/files/templates/submission.html b/files/templates/submission.html
index 945e1dcba1..7d0c8aba78 100644
--- a/files/templates/submission.html
+++ b/files/templates/submission.html
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
 				<div id="post-content" class="{% if p.deleted_utc > 0 %}deleted {% endif %}card-block w-100 my-md-auto">
 
 					<div class="post-meta text-left mb-2">
-						{% if p.author.banned_by %}
+						{% if p.bannedfor and p.author.banned_by %}
 							<a href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="fad fa-gavel text-danger" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom" title="" data-original-title="User was banned for this post by @{{p.author.banned_by.username}}"></i></a>
 						{% endif %}	
 
diff --git a/files/templates/submission_listing.html b/files/templates/submission_listing.html
index f5118f0732..b9c4aba587 100644
--- a/files/templates/submission_listing.html
+++ b/files/templates/submission_listing.html
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 		<div class="card-block text-left x-scroll-parent my-md-auto w-100">
 
 			<div class="post-meta text-left x-scroll mb-md-2">
-				{% if p.author.banned_by %}
+				{% if p.bannedfor and p.author.banned_by %}
 					<a href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="fad fa-gavel text-danger" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom" title="" data-original-title="User was banned for this post by @{{p.author.banned_by.username}}"></i></a>
 				{% endif %}