diff --git a/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/functions.php b/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/functions.php
index 1d8385dd47..aed278bab2 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/functions.php
+++ b/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/functions.php
@@ -458,7 +458,21 @@ function twentyeleven_content_nav( $html_id ) {
 }
 endif; // twentyeleven_content_nav
 
-if ( ! function_exists( 'twentyeleven_url_grabber' ) ) :
+/**
+ * Return the first link from the post content. If none found, the
+ * post permalink is used as a fallback.
+ *
+ * @return string
+ */
+function twentyeleven_get_first_url() {
+	$has_url = function_exists( 'get_the_url' ) ? get_the_url() : false;
+
+	if ( ! $has_url )
+		$has_url = twentyeleven_url_grabber();
+
+	return ( $has_url ) ? $has_url : apply_filters( 'the_permalink', get_permalink() );
+}
+
 /**
  * Return the URL for the first link found in the post content.
  *
@@ -471,7 +485,6 @@ function twentyeleven_url_grabber() {
 
 	return esc_url_raw( $matches[1] );
 }
-endif;
 
 /**
  * Count the number of footer sidebars to enable dynamic classes for the footer
diff --git a/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/inc/widgets.php b/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/inc/widgets.php
index c4c8ae0014..859cde1a82 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/inc/widgets.php
+++ b/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/inc/widgets.php
@@ -95,14 +95,7 @@ class Twenty_Eleven_Ephemera_Widget extends WP_Widget {
 				<?php else : ?>
 
 				<li class="widget-entry-title">
-					<?php
-						// Grab first link from the post content. If none found, use the post permalink as fallback.
-						$link_url = twentyeleven_url_grabber();
-
-						if ( empty( $link_url ) )
-							$link_url = get_permalink();
-					?>
-					<a href="<?php echo esc_url( $link_url ); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'Link to %s', 'twentyeleven' ), the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ) ) ); ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?>&nbsp;<span>&rarr;</span></a>
+					<a href="<?php echo esc_url( twentyeleven_get_first_url() ); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'Link to %s', 'twentyeleven' ), the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ) ) ); ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?>&nbsp;<span>&rarr;</span></a>
 					<span class="comments-link">
 						<?php comments_popup_link( __( '0 <span class="reply">comments &rarr;</span>', 'twentyeleven' ), __( '1 <span class="reply">comment &rarr;</span>', 'twentyeleven' ), __( '% <span class="reply">comments &rarr;</span>', 'twentyeleven' ) ); ?>
 					</span>