diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/topic_view.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/topic_view.js
index 50f13c63dff..c986cdb9eb3 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/topic_view.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/topic_view.js
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ Discourse.TopicView = Discourse.View.extend(Discourse.Scrolling, {
     this.get('controller.streamPercentage');
 
     this.$().on('mouseup.discourse-redirect', '.cooked a, a.track-link', function(e) {
-      if ($(e.target).hasClass('mention')) { return false; }
+      var $target = $(e.target);
+      if ($target.hasClass('mention') || $target.parents('.expanded-embed').length) { return false; }
       return Discourse.ClickTrack.trackClick(e);
     });
   }.on('didInsertElement'),