diff --git a/modules/blog/blog.module b/modules/blog/blog.module
index 21f58b721cf324fea8d666126063c4642529965e..f56660b7893020b8fdaa0840208baa033f40f639 100644
--- a/modules/blog/blog.module
+++ b/modules/blog/blog.module
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ function blog_page_user_access($account) {
   // The visitor must be able to access the site's content.
   // For a blog to 'exist' the user must either be able to
   // create new blog entries, or it must have existing posts.
-  return $account->uid && user_access('access content') && (user_access('create blog entries', $account) || _blog_post_exists($account));
+  return $account->uid && user_access('access content') && (user_access('create blog content', $account) || _blog_post_exists($account));
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/modules/blog/blog.pages.inc b/modules/blog/blog.pages.inc
index 18375167fd668e0844c6d937224a8f9f9a1d9323..042b089edcc42a78db55781d14c5915ef611ba1c 100644
--- a/modules/blog/blog.pages.inc
+++ b/modules/blog/blog.pages.inc
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ function blog_page_user($account) {
 
   $items = array();
 
-  if (($account->uid == $user->uid) && user_access('create blog entries')) {
+  if (($account->uid == $user->uid) && user_access('create blog content')) {
     $items[] = l(t('Post new blog entry.'), "node/add/blog");
   }
   else if ($account->uid == $user->uid) {