diff --git a/Kuroba/app/src/main/java/com/github/adamantcheese/chan/core/presenter/ThreadPresenter.java b/Kuroba/app/src/main/java/com/github/adamantcheese/chan/core/presenter/ThreadPresenter.java
index 38530416dd..50c66ea55e 100644
--- a/Kuroba/app/src/main/java/com/github/adamantcheese/chan/core/presenter/ThreadPresenter.java
+++ b/Kuroba/app/src/main/java/com/github/adamantcheese/chan/core/presenter/ThreadPresenter.java
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ public void onChanLoaderData(ChanThread result) {
                 }
             }
 
-            if (ChanSettings.autoLoadThreadImages.get() && !loadable.isLocal()) {
+            if (ChanSettings.autoLoadThreadImages.get() && !loadable.isLocal() && !loadable.isDownloading()) {
                 List<PostImage> postImageList = new ArrayList<>(16);
                 cancelPrefetching();