diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index 87aaeaa323..5bbceb1982 100755
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -2931,7 +2931,7 @@ function atom_entry($item,$type,$author,$owner,$comment = false,$cid = 0) {
 	if(strlen($item['owner-name']))
 		$o .= atom_author('dfrn:owner',$item['owner-name'],$item['owner-link'],80,80,$item['owner-avatar']);
 
-	if(($item['parent'] != $item['id']) || ($item['parent-uri'] !== $item['uri'])) {
+	if(($item['parent'] != $item['id']) || ($item['parent-uri'] !== $item['uri']) || ($item['thr-parent'])) {
 		$parent_item = (($item['thr-parent']) ? $item['thr-parent'] : $item['parent-uri']);
 		$o .= '<thr:in-reply-to ref="' . xmlify($parent_item) . '" type="text/html" href="' .  xmlify($a->get_baseurl() . '/display/' . $owner['nickname'] . '/' . $item['parent']) . '" />' . "\r\n";
 	}