diff --git a/r2/r2/controllers/listingcontroller.py b/r2/r2/controllers/listingcontroller.py
index 2ae2f08c9..d64c0331b 100644
--- a/r2/r2/controllers/listingcontroller.py
+++ b/r2/r2/controllers/listingcontroller.py
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ class HotController(FixListing, ListingController):
             return normalized_hot(sr_ids)
 
         elif isinstance(c.site, MultiReddit):
-            return normalized_hot(c.site.kept_sr_ids)
+            return normalized_hot(c.site.kept_sr_ids, obey_age_limit=False)
 
         #if not using the query_cache we still want cached front pages
         elif (not g.use_query_cache
diff --git a/r2/r2/lib/_normalized_hot.pyx b/r2/r2/lib/_normalized_hot.pyx
index f68efc750..4d315af12 100644
--- a/r2/r2/lib/_normalized_hot.pyx
+++ b/r2/r2/lib/_normalized_hot.pyx
@@ -31,12 +31,14 @@ from time import time
 max_items = 150 # the number of links to request from the hot page
                 # query when the precomputer is disabled
 
-cpdef list get_hot(list srs, only_fullnames = True):
+cpdef list get_hot(list srs, only_fullnames=True, obey_age_limit=True):
     """Get the fullnames for the hottest normalised hottest links in a
        subreddit. Use the query-cache to avoid some lookups if we
        can."""
     cdef double oldest
-    cdef int hot_page_age = g.HOT_PAGE_AGE
+    cdef int hot_page_age = 0
+    if obey_age_limit:
+        hot_page_age = g.HOT_PAGE_AGE
     cdef int i
     cdef double hot
     cdef double thot # the top hotness on a given subreddit
@@ -109,8 +111,8 @@ cpdef _second(tuple x):
     return x[2]
 
 # memoized by our caller in normalized_hot.py
-cpdef list normalized_hot_cached(sr_ids):
+cpdef list normalized_hot_cached(sr_ids, obey_age_limit=True):
     """Fetches the hot lists for each subreddit, normalizes the
        scores, and interleaves the results."""
-    srs = Subreddit._byID(sr_ids, return_dict = False)
-    return get_hot(srs, True)
+    srs = Subreddit._byID(sr_ids, return_dict=False)
+    return get_hot(srs, True, obey_age_limit)
diff --git a/r2/r2/lib/normalized_hot.py b/r2/r2/lib/normalized_hot.py
index b62d8db5d..359d36ca7 100644
--- a/r2/r2/lib/normalized_hot.py
+++ b/r2/r2/lib/normalized_hot.py
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ from r2.lib import _normalized_hot
 from r2.lib._normalized_hot import get_hot # pull this into our namespace
 
 @memoize('normalize_hot', time = g.page_cache_time)
-def normalized_hot_cached(sr_ids):
-    return _normalized_hot.normalized_hot_cached(sr_ids)
+def normalized_hot_cached(sr_ids, obey_age_limit=True):
+    return _normalized_hot.normalized_hot_cached(sr_ids, obey_age_limit)
 
 def l(li):
     if isinstance(li, list):
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ def l(li):
     else:
         return list(li)
 
-def normalized_hot(sr_ids):
+def normalized_hot(sr_ids, obey_age_limit=True):
     sr_ids = l(sorted(sr_ids))
-    return normalized_hot_cached(sr_ids) if sr_ids else ()
+    return normalized_hot_cached(sr_ids, obey_age_limit) if sr_ids else ()