diff --git a/src/applications/audit/editor/PhabricatorAuditCommentEditor.php b/src/applications/audit/editor/PhabricatorAuditCommentEditor.php
--- a/src/applications/audit/editor/PhabricatorAuditCommentEditor.php
+++ b/src/applications/audit/editor/PhabricatorAuditCommentEditor.php
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
     $commit = $this->commit;
     $actor = $this->getActor();
 
-    $other_comments = id(new PhabricatorAuditComment())->loadAllWhere(
-      'targetPHID = %s',
+    $other_comments = PhabricatorAuditComment::loadComments(
+      $actor,
       $commit->getPHID());
 
     $inline_comments = array();
diff --git a/src/applications/audit/storage/PhabricatorAuditComment.php b/src/applications/audit/storage/PhabricatorAuditComment.php
--- a/src/applications/audit/storage/PhabricatorAuditComment.php
+++ b/src/applications/audit/storage/PhabricatorAuditComment.php
@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@
   protected $content;
   protected $metadata = array();
 
+  public static function loadComments(
+    PhabricatorUser $viewer,
+    $commit_phid) {
+
+    return id(new PhabricatorAuditComment())->loadAllWhere(
+      'targetPHID = %s',
+      $commit_phid);
+  }
+
   public function getConfiguration() {
     return array(
       self::CONFIG_SERIALIZATION => array(
diff --git a/src/applications/diffusion/controller/DiffusionCommitController.php b/src/applications/diffusion/controller/DiffusionCommitController.php
--- a/src/applications/diffusion/controller/DiffusionCommitController.php
+++ b/src/applications/diffusion/controller/DiffusionCommitController.php
@@ -643,8 +643,8 @@
 
   private function buildComments(PhabricatorRepositoryCommit $commit) {
     $user = $this->getRequest()->getUser();
-    $comments = id(new PhabricatorAuditComment())->loadAllWhere(
-      'targetPHID = %s ORDER BY dateCreated ASC',
+    $comments = PhabricatorAuditComment::loadComments(
+      $user,
       $commit->getPHID());
 
     $inlines = PhabricatorAuditInlineComment::loadPublishedComments(
diff --git a/src/applications/repository/search/PhabricatorRepositoryCommitSearchIndexer.php b/src/applications/repository/search/PhabricatorRepositoryCommitSearchIndexer.php
--- a/src/applications/repository/search/PhabricatorRepositoryCommitSearchIndexer.php
+++ b/src/applications/repository/search/PhabricatorRepositoryCommitSearchIndexer.php
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@
       PhabricatorRepositoryRepositoryPHIDType::TYPECONST,
       $date_created);
 
-    $comments = id(new PhabricatorAuditComment())->loadAllWhere(
-      'targetPHID = %s',
+    $comments = PhabricatorAuditComment::loadComments(
+      $this->getViewer(),
       $commit->getPHID());
     foreach ($comments as $comment) {
       if (strlen($comment->getContent())) {