diff --git a/static/js/notifications.js b/static/js/notifications.js
index c3c077ca10..89ec3628d4 100644
--- a/static/js/notifications.js
+++ b/static/js/notifications.js
@@ -613,10 +613,6 @@ exports.notify_local_mixes = function (messages) {
             blueslip.warn('We did not expect messages sent by others to get here');
             return;
         }
-        var link_msg_id = message.id;
-        var link_class = "compose_notification_narrow_by_topic";
-        var link_text = i18n.t("Narrow to __- message_recipient__",
-                               {message_recipient: get_message_header(message)});
 
         var reason = exports.get_local_notify_mix_reason(message);
 
@@ -634,6 +630,11 @@ exports.notify_local_mixes = function (messages) {
             return;
         }
 
+        var link_msg_id = message.id;
+        var link_class = "compose_notification_narrow_by_topic";
+        var link_text = i18n.t("Narrow to __- message_recipient__",
+                               {message_recipient: get_message_header(message)});
+
         exports.notify_above_composebox(reason, link_class, link_msg_id, link_text);
     });
 };