diff --git a/src/applications/pholio/query/PholioMockQuery.php b/src/applications/pholio/query/PholioMockQuery.php
--- a/src/applications/pholio/query/PholioMockQuery.php
+++ b/src/applications/pholio/query/PholioMockQuery.php
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     $mocks = $table->loadAllFromArray($data);
 
     if ($mocks && $this->needImages) {
-      $this->loadImages($mocks);
+      self::loadImages($this->getViewer(), $mocks, $this->needInlineComments);
     }
 
     if ($mocks && $this->needCoverFiles) {
@@ -118,15 +118,18 @@
     return $this->formatWhereClause($where);
   }
 
-  private function loadImages(array $mocks) {
+  public static function loadImages(
+    PhabricatorUser $viewer,
+    array $mocks,
+    $need_inline_comments) {
     assert_instances_of($mocks, 'PholioMock');
 
     $mock_map = mpull($mocks, null, 'getID');
     $all_images = id(new PholioImageQuery())
-      ->setViewer($this->getViewer())
+      ->setViewer($viewer)
       ->setMockCache($mock_map)
       ->withMockIDs(array_keys($mock_map))
-      ->needInlineComments($this->needInlineComments)
+      ->needInlineComments($need_inline_comments)
       ->execute();
 
     $image_groups = mgroup($all_images, 'getMockID');
diff --git a/src/applications/pholio/storage/PholioMock.php b/src/applications/pholio/storage/PholioMock.php
--- a/src/applications/pholio/storage/PholioMock.php
+++ b/src/applications/pholio/storage/PholioMock.php
@@ -268,6 +268,10 @@
     PhabricatorApplicationTransactionView $timeline,
     AphrontRequest $request) {
 
+    PholioMockQuery::loadImages(
+      $request->getUser(),
+      array($this),
+      $need_inline_comments = true);
     $timeline->setMock($this);
     return $timeline;
   }