diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/dashboard.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/dashboard.hbs
index 6b4dc88584a..a761b4990c3 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/dashboard.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/dashboard.hbs
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
               <td class="title">
                 <div class="referred-topic-title">
                   <div class="overflow-ellipsis">
-                    <a href="/t/{{unbound data.topic_slug}}/{{unbound data.topic_id}}">{{data.topic_title}}</a>
+                    <a href="{{unbound data.topic_url}}">{{data.topic_title}}</a>
                   </div>
                 </div>
               </td>
diff --git a/app/models/incoming_links_report.rb b/app/models/incoming_links_report.rb
index cf28011b8d4..5e817e18b28 100644
--- a/app/models/incoming_links_report.rb
+++ b/app/models/incoming_links_report.rb
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class IncomingLinksReport
     num_clicks.each do |topic_id, num_clicks_element|
       topic = topics.find { |t| t.id == topic_id }
       if topic
-        report.data << { topic_id: topic_id, topic_title: topic.title, topic_slug: topic.slug, num_clicks: num_clicks_element }
+        report.data << { topic_id: topic_id, topic_title: topic.title, topic_url: topic.relative_url, num_clicks: num_clicks_element }
       end
     end
     report.data
diff --git a/spec/models/incoming_links_report_spec.rb b/spec/models/incoming_links_report_spec.rb
index 2ce2398fc7d..e1582565f6d 100644
--- a/spec/models/incoming_links_report_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/incoming_links_report_spec.rb
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ describe IncomingLinksReport do
 
       r = IncomingLinksReport.find('top_referred_topics').as_json
       expect(r[:data]).to eq [
-        { topic_id: p1.topic.id, topic_title: p1.topic.title, topic_slug: p1.topic.slug, num_clicks: 7 },
-        { topic_id: p2.topic.id, topic_title: p2.topic.title, topic_slug: p2.topic.slug, num_clicks: 2 + 3 },
+        { topic_id: p1.topic.id, topic_title: p1.topic.title, topic_url: p1.topic.relative_url, num_clicks: 7 },
+        { topic_id: p2.topic.id, topic_title: p2.topic.title, topic_url: p2.topic.relative_url, num_clicks: 2 + 3 },
       ]
     end
   end
@@ -163,8 +163,8 @@ describe IncomingLinksReport do
       IncomingLinksReport.stubs(:link_count_per_topic).returns(topic1.id => 8, topic2.id => 3)
       Topic.stubs(:select).returns(Topic); Topic.stubs(:where).returns(Topic) # bypass some activerecord methods
       Topic.stubs(:all).returns([topic1, topic2])
-      expect(top_referred_topics[:data][0]).to eq(topic_id: topic1.id, topic_title: topic1.title, topic_slug: topic1.slug, num_clicks: 8)
-      expect(top_referred_topics[:data][1]).to eq(topic_id: topic2.id, topic_title: topic2.title, topic_slug: topic2.slug, num_clicks: 3)
+      expect(top_referred_topics[:data][0]).to eq(topic_id: topic1.id, topic_title: topic1.title, topic_url: topic1.relative_url, num_clicks: 8)
+      expect(top_referred_topics[:data][1]).to eq(topic_id: topic2.id, topic_title: topic2.title, topic_url: topic2.relative_url, num_clicks: 3)
     end
   end