diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Timeline/TimelineViewController.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Timeline/TimelineViewController.swift
index bf6b03ed..aa14aaa9 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Timeline/TimelineViewController.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Timeline/TimelineViewController.swift
@@ -364,6 +364,8 @@ class TimelineViewController: UIViewController, TimelineLikeCollectionViewContro
             ]
             SentrySDK.addBreadcrumb(crumb: crumb)
         }()
+        let originalPositionStatusIDs = position.statusIDs
+        
         let unloaded = position.statusIDs.filter({ mastodonController.persistentContainer.status(for: $0) == nil })
         guard !unloaded.isEmpty else {
             return true
@@ -420,6 +422,14 @@ class TimelineViewController: UIViewController, TimelineLikeCollectionViewContro
             SentrySDK.addBreadcrumb(crumb: crumb)
         }()
         
+        // if an icloud sync completed in between starting to load the statuses and finishing, try to load again
+        if position.statusIDs != originalPositionStatusIDs {
+            let crumb = Breadcrumb(level: .info, category: "TimelineViewController")
+            crumb.message = "TimelinePosition statusIDs changed, retrying load"
+            SentrySDK.addBreadcrumb(crumb: crumb)
+            return await loadStatusesToRestore(position: position)
+        }
+        
         // update the timeline position in case some statuses couldn't be loaded
         if let center = position.centerStatusID {
             let nearestLoadedStatusToCenter = position.statusIDs[position.statusIDs.firstIndex(of: center)!...].first(where: { id in