diff --git a/lib/jekyll/site.rb b/lib/jekyll/site.rb
index 04fc77e1..80cd7653 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/site.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/site.rb
@@ -231,14 +231,11 @@ module Jekyll
     #
     # Returns nothing.
     def render
-      payload = site_payload
-      self.posts.each do |post|
-        post.render(self.layouts, payload)
-      end
+      relative_permalinks_deprecation_method
 
-      self.pages.each do |page|
-        relative_permalinks_deprecation_method if page.uses_relative_permalinks
-        page.render(self.layouts, payload)
+      payload = site_payload
+      [self.posts, self.pages].flatten.each do |page_or_post|
+        page_or_post.render(self.layouts, payload)
       end
 
       self.categories.values.map { |ps| ps.sort! { |a, b| b <=> a } }
@@ -389,7 +386,7 @@ module Jekyll
     end
 
     def relative_permalinks_deprecation_method
-      if config['relative_permalinks'] && !@deprecated_relative_permalinks
+      if config['relative_permalinks'] && has_relative_page?
         $stderr.puts # Places newline after "Generating..."
         Jekyll.logger.warn "Deprecation:", "Starting in 1.1, permalinks for pages" +
                                             " in subfolders must be relative to the" +
@@ -397,7 +394,6 @@ module Jekyll
                                             " directory. Check http://jekyllrb.com/docs/upgrading/"+
                                             " for more info."
         $stderr.print Jekyll.logger.formatted_topic("") + "..." # for "done."
-        @deprecated_relative_permalinks = true
       end
     end
 
@@ -411,6 +407,10 @@ module Jekyll
 
     private
 
+    def has_relative_page?
+      self.pages.any? { |page| page.uses_relative_permalinks }
+    end
+
     def has_yaml_header?(file)
       "---" == File.open(file) { |fd| fd.read(3) }
     end