lib/PublicInbox/View.pm | 2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
index 65bc2f810be2bf2eff794e649455094241ba3392..9ca4a6a419ab49e1b1c488783d880b36df5fe92f 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ 	my ($fhref, $more_ref);
 	my $mhref = "${path}$href/";
 
 	# show full message if it's our root message
-	if ($root_anchor ne $id) {
+	if ($root_anchor ne $id || ($level != 0 && !$ctx->{flat})) {
 		$fhref = "${path}$href/f/";
 		$more_ref = \$more;
 	}