diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/helpers.py b/django/contrib/admin/helpers.py
index ba49f8b7cf0e2..da0925f4b5609 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/helpers.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/helpers.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 from django.utils.encoding import force_unicode
 from django.contrib.admin.util import flatten_fieldsets
+from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 
 class AdminForm(object):
     def __init__(self, form, fieldsets, prepopulated_fields):
@@ -114,6 +115,8 @@ class InlineAdminForm(AdminForm):
     def __init__(self, formset, form, fieldsets, prepopulated_fields, original):
         self.formset = formset
         self.original = original
+        if original is not None:
+            self.original.content_type_id = ContentType.objects.get_for_model(original).pk
         self.show_url = original and hasattr(original, 'get_absolute_url')
         super(InlineAdminForm, self).__init__(form, fieldsets, prepopulated_fields)
 
diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/edit_inline/stacked.html b/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/edit_inline/stacked.html
index 217791f6582c8..cd0430c01aacc 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/edit_inline/stacked.html
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/edit_inline/stacked.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ <h3><b>{{ inline_admin_formset.opts.verbose_name|title }}:</b>&nbsp;{% if inline
     {% if inline_admin_formset.formset.can_delete and inline_admin_form.original %}<span class="delete">{{ inline_admin_form.deletion_field.field }} {{ inline_admin_form.deletion_field.label_tag }}</span>{% endif %}
   </h3>
   {% if inline_admin_form.show_url %}
-  <p><a href="/r/{{ inline_admin_form.original.content_type_id }}/{{ inline_admin_form.original.id }}/">View on site</a></p>
+  <p><a href="../../../r/{{ inline_admin_form.original.content_type_id }}/{{ inline_admin_form.original.id }}/">View on site</a></p>
   {% endif %}
 
   {% for fieldset in inline_admin_form %}
diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/edit_inline/tabular.html b/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/edit_inline/tabular.html
index f3fe378934f78..9ad93146ba8dd 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/edit_inline/tabular.html
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/edit_inline/tabular.html
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ <h2>{{ inline_admin_formset.opts.verbose_name_plural|capfirst|escape }}</h2>
         <td class="original">
           {% if inline_admin_form.original or inline_admin_form.show_url %}<p>
           {% if inline_admin_form.original %} {{ inline_admin_form.original }}{% endif %}
-          {% if inline_admin_form.show_url %}<a href="/r/{{ inline_admin_form.original.content_type_id }}/{{ inline_admin_form.original.id }}/">View on site</a>{% endif %}
+          {% if inline_admin_form.show_url %}<a href="../../../r/{{ inline_admin_form.original.content_type_id }}/{{ inline_admin_form.original.id }}/">View on site</a>{% endif %}
             </p>{% endif %}
           {{ inline_admin_form.pk_field.field }}
           {% spaceless %}