diff --git a/wp-includes/link-template.php b/wp-includes/link-template.php
index 9d9fc00ad7..d6815ad9a3 100644
--- a/wp-includes/link-template.php
+++ b/wp-includes/link-template.php
@@ -3455,8 +3455,14 @@ function rel_canonical() {
 
 	$url = get_permalink( $id );
 
-	if ( $page = get_query_var('cpage') ) {
-		$url = get_comments_pagenum_link( $page );
+	$page = get_query_var( 'page' );
+	if ( $page ) {
+		$url = trailingslashit( $url ) . user_trailingslashit( $page, 'single_paged' );
+	}
+
+	$cpage = get_query_var( 'cpage' );
+	if ( $cpage ) {
+		$url = get_comments_pagenum_link( $cpage );
 	}
 	echo '<link rel="canonical" href="' . esc_url( $url ) . "\" />\n";
 }
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index dbbae2fe20..5bca848f46 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '4.4-alpha-34495';
+$wp_version = '4.4-alpha-34496';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.