diff --git a/wp-includes/comment-functions.php b/wp-includes/comment-functions.php
index 96ab53766b..7bbbaacf17 100644
--- a/wp-includes/comment-functions.php
+++ b/wp-includes/comment-functions.php
@@ -634,10 +634,11 @@ function pingback($content, $post_ID) {
 				$post_links[] = $link_test;
 			elseif(($test['path'] != '/') && ($test['path'] != ''))
 				$post_links[] = $link_test;
-			do_action('pre_ping',  array(&$post_links, &$pung));
 		endif;
 	endforeach;
 
+	do_action('pre_ping',  array(&$post_links, &$pung));
+
 	foreach ($post_links as $pagelinkedto){
 		debug_fwrite($log, "Processing -- $pagelinkedto\n");
 		$pingback_server_url = discover_pingback_server_uri($pagelinkedto, 2048);