diff --git a/modules/comment.module b/modules/comment.module
index a5990e36e9d1d4dd54c583f9f6028eb2397a829d..504680fb4c9bdbbd405cf742ba367174c3f4f5a4 100644
--- a/modules/comment.module
+++ b/modules/comment.module
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ function comment_nodeapi(&$node, $op, $arg = 0) {
     case 'load':
       return db_fetch_array(db_query("SELECT last_comment_timestamp, last_comment_name, comment_count FROM {node_comment_statistics} WHERE nid = %d", $node->nid));
     case 'validate':
-      if (!user_access('administer nodes')) {
+      if (!user_access('administer comments')) {
         // Force default for normal users:
         $node->comment = variable_get("comment_$node->type", 2);
       }
diff --git a/modules/comment/comment.module b/modules/comment/comment.module
index a5990e36e9d1d4dd54c583f9f6028eb2397a829d..504680fb4c9bdbbd405cf742ba367174c3f4f5a4 100644
--- a/modules/comment/comment.module
+++ b/modules/comment/comment.module
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ function comment_nodeapi(&$node, $op, $arg = 0) {
     case 'load':
       return db_fetch_array(db_query("SELECT last_comment_timestamp, last_comment_name, comment_count FROM {node_comment_statistics} WHERE nid = %d", $node->nid));
     case 'validate':
-      if (!user_access('administer nodes')) {
+      if (!user_access('administer comments')) {
         // Force default for normal users:
         $node->comment = variable_get("comment_$node->type", 2);
       }