diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/notes/stores/actions.js b/app/assets/javascripts/notes/stores/actions.js
index 30eab272aa9d1002fe1643e24734ae9db8303300..762a87ce0ffe3f6c2e0920bb86116028ac9f0263 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/notes/stores/actions.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/notes/stores/actions.js
@@ -357,11 +357,11 @@ export const poll = ({ commit, state, getters, dispatch }) => {
 };
 
 export const stopPolling = () => {
-  eTagPoll.stop();
+  if (eTagPoll) eTagPoll.stop();
 };
 
 export const restartPolling = () => {
-  eTagPoll.restart();
+  if (eTagPoll) eTagPoll.restart();
 };
 
 export const fetchData = ({ commit, state, getters }) => {
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/help.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/help.scss
index 7610c5cf6f3de6ea800eb7c75ccb7ac680be7a34..ef872e693e06fd78abc7bb262ce56abff0fdadc0 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/help.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/help.scss
@@ -38,3 +38,9 @@
 .documentation {
   padding: 7px;
 }
+
+.card.links-card {
+  a {
+    color: $blue-600;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/app/views/help/index.html.haml b/app/views/help/index.html.haml
index 50933c7d43477bcac163fca534453e9197cdf2a0..ed904c48ddb309359e6cc40ce2038d1767d0087b 100644
--- a/app/views/help/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/help/index.html.haml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     .documentation-index.md
       = markdown(@help_index)
   .col-md-4
-    .card
+    .card.links-card
       .card-header
         Quick help
       %ul.content-list
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/fix-comment-race-condition.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/fix-comment-race-condition.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d1f5b8fe01f0105a8062455fe3efce6f06568011
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/fix-comment-race-condition.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Fix commenting before discussions are loaded
+merge_request: 30724
+author:
+type: fixed