lib/PublicInbox/View.pm | 4 ++--

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
index f07979e9c1dac4d04d5ef83cc9b36266850c206e..36df7ead2a0d02ce73a025c956c3971edc9ae23d 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
@@ -174,10 +174,10 @@
 sub emit_thread_html {
 	my ($res, $ctx, $foot, $srch) = @_;
 	my $mid = $ctx->{mid};
-	my $msgs = load_results($srch->get_thread($mid));
+	my $flat = $ctx->{flat};
+	my $msgs = load_results($srch->get_thread($mid, { asc => $flat }));
 	my $nr = scalar @$msgs;
 	return missing_thread($res, $ctx) if $nr == 0;
-	my $flat = $ctx->{flat};
 	my $seen = {};
 	my $state = {
 		res => $res,