diff -urN wordpress.orig/wp-includes/comment-functions.php wordpress/wp-includes/comment-functions.php
--- wordpress.orig/wp-includes/comment-functions.php	2006-03-01 15:17:34.000000000 -0600
+++ wordpress/wp-includes/comment-functions.php	2006-03-27 16:58:27.000000000 -0600
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@
 	
 	$number = $comment_count_cache[$id];
 	
-	if (0 == $number && 'closed' == $post->comment_status && 'closed' == $post->ping_status) {
+	if (0 == $number && 'closed' == $post->comment_status) {
 		echo $none;
 		return;
 	} else {