diff --git a/files/helpers/regex.py b/files/helpers/regex.py
index fc52e9f78..97d19da57 100644
--- a/files/helpers/regex.py
+++ b/files/helpers/regex.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ title_regex = re.compile("[^\w ]", flags=re.A)
 controversial_regex = re.compile('["> ](https:\/\/old\.reddit\.com/r/\w{2,20}\/comments\/[\w\-.#&/=\?@%+]{5,250})["< ]', flags=re.A)
 
 spoiler_regex = re.compile('\|\|(.+?)\|\|' + NOT_IN_CODE_OR_LINKS, flags=re.A)
-reddit_regex = re.compile('(?<![\w/])\/?(([ruRU])\/(\w|-){2,25})' + NOT_IN_CODE_OR_LINKS, flags=re.A)
+reddit_mention_regex = re.compile('(?<![\w/])\/?(([ruRU])\/(\w|-){2,25})' + NOT_IN_CODE_OR_LINKS, flags=re.A)
 sub_regex = re.compile('(?<![\w/])\/?([hH]\/(\w|-){3,25})' + NOT_IN_CODE_OR_LINKS, flags=re.A)
 
 strikethrough_regex = re.compile('(^|\s|>|")~{1,2}([^~]+)~{1,2}' + NOT_IN_CODE_OR_LINKS, flags=re.A)
diff --git a/files/helpers/sanitize.py b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
index f9643a0d5..205b04398 100644
--- a/files/helpers/sanitize.py
+++ b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ def sanitize(sanitized, golden=True, limit_pings=0, showmore=False, count_emojis
 
 	sanitized = sanitized.replace('<a href="/%21', '<a href="/!')
 
-	sanitized = reddit_regex.sub(r'<a href="https://old.reddit.com/\1" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">/\1</a>', sanitized)
+	sanitized = reddit_mention_regex.sub(r'<a href="https://old.reddit.com/\1" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">/\1</a>', sanitized)
 	sanitized = sub_regex.sub(r'<a href="/\1">/\1</a>', sanitized)
 
 	v = getattr(g, 'v', None)