diff --git a/components/server/src/ome/services/ThumbnailBean.java b/components/server/src/ome/services/ThumbnailBean.java
index 12ae65cdbc6..b71c3af84d0 100644
--- a/components/server/src/ome/services/ThumbnailBean.java
+++ b/components/server/src/ome/services/ThumbnailBean.java
@@ -1250,6 +1250,9 @@ public Map<Long, byte[]> getThumbnailByLongestSideSet(Integer size,
     	        }
     	        else
     	        {
+    	        	// Prime a shallowly loaded Pixels object that we've
+    	        	// already queried for.
+    	        	pixels = pixelsMap.get(pixelsId);
     	            if (!setPixelsId(pixelsId))
     	            {
     	                _resetDefaults();