diff --git a/app/components/comment_component.rb b/app/components/comment_component.rb
index 1fbc085c4..fbae1fadf 100644
--- a/app/components/comment_component.rb
+++ b/app/components/comment_component.rb
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@ class CommentComponent < ApplicationComponent
   end
 
   def has_moderation_reports?
-    policy(ModerationReport).show? && comment.moderation_reports.present?
+    policy(ModerationReport).can_see_moderation_reports? && comment.moderation_reports.present?
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/policies/moderation_report_policy.rb b/app/policies/moderation_report_policy.rb
index cbda4cbd6..2b1430a6b 100644
--- a/app/policies/moderation_report_policy.rb
+++ b/app/policies/moderation_report_policy.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ class ModerationReportPolicy < ApplicationPolicy
     unbanned? && policy(record.model).reportable?
   end
 
+  def can_see_moderation_reports?
+    user.is_moderator?
+  end
+
   def permitted_attributes
     [:model_type, :model_id, :reason]
   end
diff --git a/test/components/comment_component_test.rb b/test/components/comment_component_test.rb
index d5f329d58..601c1a490 100644
--- a/test/components/comment_component_test.rb
+++ b/test/components/comment_component_test.rb
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ class CommentComponentTest < ViewComponent::TestCase
       end
 
       should "not show the report notice to regular users" do
-        render_comment(@comment, current_user: User.anonymous)
+        create(:moderation_report, model: @comment)
+        render_comment(@comment, current_user: create(:user))
 
         assert_no_css(".moderation-report-notice")
       end