diff --git a/wp-includes/link-template.php b/wp-includes/link-template.php
index 70cc392746..6dce0c192f 100644
--- a/wp-includes/link-template.php
+++ b/wp-includes/link-template.php
@@ -1214,24 +1214,12 @@ function posts_nav_link( $sep = ' — ', $prelabel = '« Previous Page'
  * @return string
  */
 function get_comments_pagenum_link( $pagenum = 1, $max_page = 0 ) {
-	global $wp_rewrite;
+	global $post, $wp_rewrite;
 
 	$pagenum = (int) $pagenum;
 
-	$request = remove_query_arg( 'cpage' );
+	$result = get_permalink( $post->ID );
 
-	$home_root = parse_url(get_option('home'));
-	$home_root = ( isset($home_root['path']) ) ? $home_root['path'] : '';
-	$home_root = preg_quote( trailingslashit( $home_root ), '|' );
-
-	$request = preg_replace('|^'. $home_root . '|', '', $request);
-	$request = preg_replace('|^/+|', '', $request);
-	$request = preg_replace('|comment-page-[0-9]+/?$|', '', $request);
-
-	$base = trailingslashit( get_bloginfo( 'home' ) );
-
-	$result = user_trailingslashit($base . $request);
-	
 	if ( 'newest' == get_option('default_comments_page') ) {
 		if ( $pagenum != $max_page ) {
 			if ( $wp_rewrite->using_permalinks() )