diff --git a/app/models/user_profile.rb b/app/models/user_profile.rb
index 3059d2a28..06be18d41 100644
--- a/app/models/user_profile.rb
+++ b/app/models/user_profile.rb
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ class UserProfile < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   def bio_excerpt
     excerpt = PrettyText.excerpt(bio_cooked, 350)
-    return excerpt if excerpt.blank? || user.has_trust_level?(TrustLevel[1])
+    return excerpt if excerpt.blank? || (user.has_trust_level?(TrustLevel[1]) && !user.suspended?)
     PrettyText.strip_links(excerpt)
   end
 
   def bio_processed
-    return bio_cooked if bio_cooked.blank? || user.has_trust_level?(TrustLevel[1])
+    return bio_cooked if bio_cooked.blank? || (user.has_trust_level?(TrustLevel[1]) && !user.suspended?)
     PrettyText.strip_links(bio_cooked)
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/models/user_profile_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_profile_spec.rb
index ad18eb861..a30403fc2 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_profile_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_profile_spec.rb
@@ -103,6 +103,14 @@ describe UserProfile do
         expect(user_profile.bio_processed).to eq("<p>I love http://discourse.org</p>")
       end
 
+      it 'removes the link if the user is suspended' do
+        user.suspended_till = 1.month.from_now
+        puts user.suspended?.inspect
+        user_profile.send(:cook)
+        expect(user_profile.bio_excerpt).to match_html("I love http://discourse.org")
+        expect(user_profile.bio_processed).to eq("<p>I love http://discourse.org</p>")
+      end
+
       context 'tl3_links_no_follow is false' do
         before { SiteSetting.stubs(:tl3_links_no_follow).returns(false) }