diff --git a/lib/jekyll/post.rb b/lib/jekyll/post.rb
index 5ea56898..7e01f635 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/post.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/post.rb
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ module Jekyll
     def destination(dest)
       # The url needs to be unescaped in order to preserve the correct filename
       path = File.join(dest, CGI.unescape(self.url))
-      path = File.join(path, "index.html") if template[/\.html$/].nil?
+      path = File.join(path, "index.html") if path[/\.html$/].nil?
       path
     end