diff --git a/app/helpers/topics_helper.rb b/app/helpers/topics_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bd1f3d3b091
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/helpers/topics_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+module TopicsHelper
+
+  def render_topic_title(topic)
+    link_to(topic.title,topic.relative_url)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/views/topics/show.html.erb b/app/views/topics/show.html.erb
index e7e847ab054..57439cbe918 100644
--- a/app/views/topics/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/topics/show.html.erb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <h2>
-  <%= link_to(@topic_view.topic.title, @topic_view.topic.relative_url) %>
+  <%= render_topic_title(@topic_view.topic) %>
+  link_to(@topic_view.topic.title, @topic_view.topic.relative_url)
 </h2>
 <% (@post ? [@post] : @topic_view.posts).each do |post| %>
   <div class='creator'>