diff --git a/commentrss.module b/commentrss.module
index 6e2f7b1..090f0de 100644
--- a/commentrss.module
+++ b/commentrss.module
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ function commentrss_menu() {
  * Access callback; determines if the user can access a node's comment RSS.
  */
 function commentrss_node_feed_access($node, $check_view_access = TRUE) {
-  return $node->comment != COMMENT_NODE_DISABLED && variable_get('commentrss_node', TRUE) && (!$check_view_access || node_access('view', $node));
+  return $node->comment != COMMENT_NODE_DISABLED && variable_get('commentrss_node', TRUE) && user_access('access comments') && (!$check_view_access || node_access('view', $node));
 }
 
 /**