diff --git a/templates/repo/issue/view_content/comments.tmpl b/templates/repo/issue/view_content/comments.tmpl
index dc0ec01df2..c3cc94dfb3 100644
--- a/templates/repo/issue/view_content/comments.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/issue/view_content/comments.tmpl
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@
 			<div class="timeline-item-group">
 				<div class="timeline-item event" id="{{.HashTag}}">
 					<a class="timeline-avatar"{{if gt .Poster.ID 0}} href="{{.Poster.HomeLink}}"{{end}}>
-						<img src="{{.Poster.AvatarLink $.Context}}" alt="" width="40" height="40" loading="lazy">
+						{{ctx.AvatarUtils.Avatar .Poster 40}}
 					</a>
 					<span class="badge grey">{{svg "octicon-x" 16}}</span>
 					<span class="text grey muted-links">