diff --git a/static/js/notifications.js b/static/js/notifications.js
index 9cafa25948..66da4284c9 100644
--- a/static/js/notifications.js
+++ b/static/js/notifications.js
@@ -617,6 +617,9 @@ 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 = "Narrow to " + get_message_header(message);
 
         var reason = exports.get_local_notify_mix_reason(message);
 
@@ -634,10 +637,6 @@ exports.notify_local_mixes = function (messages) {
             return;
         }
 
-        var link_msg_id = message.id;
-        var link_class = "compose_notification_narrow_by_topic";
-        var link_text = "Narrow to " + get_message_header(message);
-
         exports.notify_above_composebox(reason, link_class, link_msg_id, link_text);
     });
 };