diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/click_track.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/click_track.js
index 5ae8074320b..09a360474f0 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/click_track.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/click_track.js
@@ -116,6 +116,14 @@ Discourse.ClickTrack = {
     if (Discourse.User.currentProp('external_links_in_new_tab')) {
       var win = window.open(trackingUrl, '_blank');
       win.focus();
+
+      // restore href
+      setTimeout(function(){
+        $link.removeClass('no-href');
+        $link.attr('href', $link.data('href'));
+        $link.data('href', null);
+      },50);
+
     } else {
       Discourse.URL.redirectTo(trackingUrl);
     }