diff --git a/actions/showstream.php b/actions/showstream.php
index c4061da4fd..4060535313 100644
--- a/actions/showstream.php
+++ b/actions/showstream.php
@@ -364,7 +364,6 @@ class ShowstreamAction extends StreamAction {
 								  'href' => $noticeurl,
 								  'title' => common_exact_date($notice->created)),
 					   common_date_string($notice->created));
-		common_element_end('p');
 		common_element_start('a', 
 							 array('href' => common_local_url('newnotice',
 															  array('replyto' => $profile->nickname)),
@@ -372,6 +371,8 @@ class ShowstreamAction extends StreamAction {
 								   'title' => _t('reply'),
 								   'class' => 'replybutton'));
 		common_raw('→');
+		common_element_end('a');
+		common_element_end('p');
 		common_element_end('li');
 	}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/stream.php b/lib/stream.php
index c13be22849..431580b136 100644
--- a/lib/stream.php
+++ b/lib/stream.php
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ class StreamAction extends Action {
 								   'title' => _t('reply'),
 								   'class' => 'replybutton'));
 		common_raw('→');
-		common_element_end('p');
 		common_element_end('a');
+		common_element_end('p');
 		common_element_end('li');
 	}
 }