diff --git a/lib/validators/post_validator.rb b/lib/validators/post_validator.rb
index 354e0738de5..64755e558f0 100644
--- a/lib/validators/post_validator.rb
+++ b/lib/validators/post_validator.rb
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class Validators::PostValidator < ActiveModel::Validator
   end
 
   def can_post_links_validator(post)
-    return if acting_user_is_trusted?(post, SiteSetting.min_trust_to_post_links) || private_message?(post)
+    return if post.link_count === 0 || acting_user_is_trusted?(post, SiteSetting.min_trust_to_post_links) || private_message?(post)
 
     post.errors.add(:base, I18n.t(:links_require_trust))
   end