diff --git a/app/controllers/pinned_links_controller.rb b/app/controllers/pinned_links_controller.rb
index 7e44fa3656a756417a6d8c2f3cfdb486feacee82..8d2336ff9f7a2d0d44b888339572961c307c9272 100644
--- a/app/controllers/pinned_links_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/pinned_links_controller.rb
@@ -59,7 +59,11 @@ class PinnedLinksController < ApplicationController
   private
 
   def set_pinned_link
-    @link = PinnedLink.find params[:id]
+    @link = if current_user.is_global_moderator
+              PinnedLink.unscoped.find params[:id]
+            else
+              PinnedLink.find params[:id]
+            end
   end
 
   def pinned_link_params