diff --git a/common/djangoapps/student/views.py b/common/djangoapps/student/views.py
index 8c84d9557e340cff74df72f0b3ac4b937fcff003..285509bf5a495e681260db03bd63ba8a7f078702 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/student/views.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/student/views.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ from certificates.models import CertificateStatuses, certificate_status_for_stud
 from xmodule.course_module import CourseDescriptor
 from xmodule.modulestore.exceptions import ItemNotFoundError
 from xmodule.modulestore.django import modulestore
+from xmodule.modulestore import MONGO_MODULESTORE_TYPE
 
 from collections import namedtuple
 
@@ -295,6 +296,11 @@ def dashboard(request):
 
     cert_statuses = {course.id: cert_info(request.user, course) for course, _enrollment in courses}
 
+    # only show email settings for Mongo course and when bulk email is turned on
+    show_email_settings_for = frozenset(course.id for course, _enrollment in courses
+                                        if (settings.MITX_FEATURES['ENABLE_INSTRUCTOR_EMAIL'] and
+                                            modulestore().get_modulestore_type(course.id) == MONGO_MODULESTORE_TYPE))
+
     # get info w.r.t ExternalAuthMap
     external_auth_map = None
     try:
@@ -310,6 +316,7 @@ def dashboard(request):
                'errored_courses': errored_courses,
                'show_courseware_links_for': show_courseware_links_for,
                'cert_statuses': cert_statuses,
+               'show_email_settings_for': show_email_settings_for,
                }
 
     return render_to_response('dashboard.html', context)
diff --git a/lms/templates/dashboard.html b/lms/templates/dashboard.html
index d6d708a0c65df807540af6fd8127040c959560f5..725841415af53a652e4da5439fd54bb05e98fb83 100644
--- a/lms/templates/dashboard.html
+++ b/lms/templates/dashboard.html
@@ -157,7 +157,8 @@
         % for course, enrollment in courses:
             <% show_courseware_link = (course.id in show_courseware_links_for) %>
             <% cert_status = cert_statuses.get(course.id) %>
-            <%include file='dashboard/dashboard_course_listing.html' args="course=course, enrollment=enrollment, show_courseware_link=show_courseware_link, cert_status=cert_status" />
+            <% show_email_settings = (course.id in show_email_settings_for) %>
+            <%include file='dashboard/dashboard_course_listing.html' args="course=course, enrollment=enrollment, show_courseware_link=show_courseware_link, cert_status=cert_status, show_email_settings=show_email_settings" />
       % endfor
 
       </ul>
diff --git a/lms/templates/dashboard/dashboard_course_listing.html b/lms/templates/dashboard/dashboard_course_listing.html
index 98cdebca3c4f628fc113a1b1e5e3e1784da54275..c51f6e50158f47c042d70723492fb15cbadcc128 100644
--- a/lms/templates/dashboard/dashboard_course_listing.html
+++ b/lms/templates/dashboard/dashboard_course_listing.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<%page args="course, enrollment, show_courseware_link, cert_status" />
+<%page args="course, enrollment, show_courseware_link, cert_status, show_email_settings" />
 
 <%! from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _ %>
 <%!
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@
   from courseware.courses import course_image_url, get_course_about_section
   from courseware.access import has_access
   from certificates.models import CertificateStatuses
-  
-  from xmodule.modulestore import MONGO_MODULESTORE_TYPE
-  from xmodule.modulestore.django import modulestore
-
   import waffle
 %>
 <li class="course-item">
@@ -123,8 +119,7 @@
 
       <a href="#unenroll-modal" class="unenroll" rel="leanModal" data-course-id="${course.id}" data-course-number="${course.number}">${_('Unregister')}</a>
 
-% if settings.MITX_FEATURES['ENABLE_INSTRUCTOR_EMAIL'] and modulestore().get_modulestore_type(course.id) == MONGO_MODULESTORE_TYPE:
-  <!-- Only show the Email Settings link/modal if this course has bulk email feature enabled -->
+% if show_email_settings:
         <a href="#email-settings-modal" class="email-settings" rel="leanModal" data-course-id="${course.id}" data-course-number="${course.number}" data-optout="${course.id in course_optouts}">${_('Email Settings')}</a>
 % endif