diff --git a/mercurial/changelog.py b/mercurial/changelog.py
--- a/mercurial/changelog.py
+++ b/mercurial/changelog.py
@@ -404,12 +404,6 @@
         self.filteredrevs = frozenset()
         self._copiesstorage = opener.options.get(b'copies-storage')
 
-    def linkrev(self, rev):
-        """filtered version of revlog.linkrev"""
-        if rev in self.filteredrevs:
-            raise error.FilteredIndexError(rev)
-        return super(changelog, self).linkrev(rev)
-
     def parentrevs(self, rev):
         """filtered version of revlog.parentrevs"""
         if rev in self.filteredrevs:
diff --git a/mercurial/repoview.py b/mercurial/repoview.py
--- a/mercurial/repoview.py
+++ b/mercurial/repoview.py
@@ -312,6 +312,12 @@
                 raise error.FilteredIndexError(rev)
             return super(filteredchangelog, self).node(rev)
 
+        def linkrev(self, rev):
+            """filtered version of revlog.linkrev"""
+            if rev in self.filteredrevs:
+                raise error.FilteredIndexError(rev)
+            return super(filteredchangelog, self).linkrev(rev)
+
     cl.__class__ = filteredchangelog
 
     return cl