diff --git a/wp-blog-header.php b/wp-blog-header.php
index d3e029532..78280f9ba 100644
--- a/wp-blog-header.php
+++ b/wp-blog-header.php
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ $posts = query_posts($query_string);
 // Extract updated query vars back into global namespace.
 extract($wp_query->query_vars);
 
-if (1 == count($posts)) {
+if ( is_single() || is_page() ) {
 	$more = 1;
 	$single = 1;
 }
@@ -255,4 +255,4 @@ if ( defined('WP_USE_THEMES') && constant('WP_USE_THEMES') ) {
 }
 
 endif;
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>