diff --git a/app/services/post_alerter.rb b/app/services/post_alerter.rb
index d0b53713d..1dda39f08 100644
--- a/app/services/post_alerter.rb
+++ b/app/services/post_alerter.rb
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ class PostAlerter
   end
 
   def extract_linked_users(post)
-    post.topic_links.map do |link|
+    post.topic_links.where(reflection: false).map do |link|
       linked_post = link.link_post
       if !linked_post && topic = link.link_topic
         linked_post = topic.posts(post_number: 1).first
diff --git a/spec/services/post_alerter_spec.rb b/spec/services/post_alerter_spec.rb
index 77d5bda8a..2e581eeff 100644
--- a/spec/services/post_alerter_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/post_alerter_spec.rb
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ describe PostAlerter do
 
       user.reload
       user.notifications.count.should == 1
+
+      # don't notify on reflection
+      post1.reload
+      PostAlerter.new.extract_linked_users(post1).length.should == 0
+
     end
   end