diff --git a/app/rest/admin.go b/app/rest/admin.go
index e24a0c34..3b3b2119 100644
--- a/app/rest/admin.go
+++ b/app/rest/admin.go
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ func (a *admin) maskBlockedUsers(comments []store.Comment) (res []store.Comment)
 	res = make([]store.Comment, len(comments))
 	for i, c := range comments {
 		if a.dataService.IsBlocked(c.Locator.SiteID, c.User.ID) {
-			c = store.MaskComment(c)
+			c.Mask()
 			c.User.Blocked = true
 		}
 		res[i] = c