diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/templates/duplicate_report/_image_cell.html.slime b/lib/philomena_web/templates/duplicate_report/_image_cell.html.slime
index 0a60cba4..1e262a35 100644
--- a/lib/philomena_web/templates/duplicate_report/_image_cell.html.slime
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/templates/duplicate_report/_image_cell.html.slime
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   p
     = render PhilomenaWeb.UserAttributionView, "_anon_user.html", object: @image, conn: @conn
 
-  = if can?(@conn, :edit, @report) and same_rating_tags?(@report) do
+  = if can?(@conn, :edit, @report) and mergeable?(@report) do
     = if @source do
       a href=Routes.duplicate_report_accept_reverse_path(@conn, :create, @report) data-method="post"
         button.button
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/views/duplicate_report_view.ex b/lib/philomena_web/views/duplicate_report_view.ex
index ed30407d..f1224dd0 100644
--- a/lib/philomena_web/views/duplicate_report_view.ex
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/views/duplicate_report_view.ex
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ defmodule PhilomenaWeb.DuplicateReportView do
   def both_are_alternate_versions?(%{image: image, duplicate_of_image: duplicate_of_image}),
     do: alternate_version?(image) and alternate_version?(duplicate_of_image)
 
+  def mergeable?(%{image: image, duplicate_of_image: duplicate_of_image} = report) do
+    same_rating_tags?(report) and not image.hidden_from_users and not duplicate_of_image.hidden_from_users
+  end
+
   defp artist_tags(%{tags: tags}) do
     tags
     |> Enum.filter(&(&1.namespace == "artist"))