diff --git a/modules/comment/comment.module b/modules/comment/comment.module
index 6272aa4369f3f9a105fb78f2b7c3a6d8586db69f..c89d2f1d949c9196b81de76315bab0cd3cfcfb68 100644
--- a/modules/comment/comment.module
+++ b/modules/comment/comment.module
@@ -328,7 +328,12 @@ function comment_nodeapi(&$node, $op, $arg = 0) {
       return format_plural($comments, '1 comment', '%count comments');
 
     case 'rss item':
-      return array(array('key' => 'comments', 'value' => url('node/'. $node->nid, NULL, 'comment', TRUE)));
+      if ($node->comment != COMMENT_NODE_DISABLED) {
+        return array(array('key' => 'comments', 'value' => url('node/'. $node->nid, NULL, 'comment', TRUE)));
+      }
+      else {
+        return array();
+      }
   }
 }