diff --git a/e107_handlers/sitelinks_class.php b/e107_handlers/sitelinks_class.php
index 7328b83f9..9e9b9ce72 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/sitelinks_class.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/sitelinks_class.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class sitelinks
 		$this->eLinkList = array(); // clear the array in case getlinks is called 2x on the same page.
 		$sql = e107::getDb('sqlSiteLinks');
 		$ins = ($cat > 0) ? "link_category = ".intval($cat)." AND " : "";
-		$query = "SELECT * FROM #links WHERE ".$ins."  ((link_class >= 0 AND link_class IN (".USERCLASS_LIST.")) OR (link_class < 0 AND link_class NOT IN (".USERCLASS_LIST.")) ) ORDER BY link_order ASC";
+		$query = "SELECT * FROM #links WHERE ".$ins."  ((link_class >= 0 AND link_class IN (".USERCLASS_LIST.")) OR (link_class < 0 AND ABS(link_class) NOT IN (".USERCLASS_LIST.")) ) ORDER BY link_order ASC";
 		if($sql->gen($query))
 		{
 			while ($row = $sql->fetch())