diff --git a/AsyncDisplayKit/ASMultiplexImageNode.mm b/AsyncDisplayKit/ASMultiplexImageNode.mm
index c3028b0123..a3cd99558d 100644
--- a/AsyncDisplayKit/ASMultiplexImageNode.mm
+++ b/AsyncDisplayKit/ASMultiplexImageNode.mm
@@ -528,7 +528,9 @@ typedef void(^ASMultiplexImageLoadCompletionBlock)(UIImage *image, id imageIdent
   // Get the best image we can.
   PHAsset *imageAsset = [assetFetchResult firstObject];
   PHImageRequestOptions *options = [request.options copy];
-  options.deliveryMode = PHImageRequestOptionsDeliveryModeHighQualityFormat;
+  if (options.deliveryMode == PHImageRequestOptionsDeliveryModeOpportunistic) {
+    options.deliveryMode = PHImageRequestOptionsDeliveryModeHighQualityFormat;
+  }
 
   [[PHImageManager defaultManager] requestImageForAsset:imageAsset
                                              targetSize:request.targetSize
diff --git a/AsyncDisplayKit/Details/ASPhotosFrameworkImageRequest.h b/AsyncDisplayKit/Details/ASPhotosFrameworkImageRequest.h
index ebf04fdfbc..4f55b0c401 100644
--- a/AsyncDisplayKit/Details/ASPhotosFrameworkImageRequest.h
+++ b/AsyncDisplayKit/Details/ASPhotosFrameworkImageRequest.h
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ extern NSString *const ASPhotosURLScheme;
  
  @discussion Some properties of this object are ignored when converting this request into a URL.
  As of iOS SDK 9.0, these properties are `progressHandler` and `synchronous`.
- Note that PHImageRequestOptionsDeliveryModeOpportunistic is not recommended when using ASMultiplexImageNode, 
- because it sends multiple images and only the first will be accepted.
+ Note that ASMultiplexImageNode does not support PHImageRequestOptionsDeliveryModeOpportunistic
+ because it sends multiple images, and that mode will be replaced by PHImageRequestOptionsDeliveryModeHighQualityFormat
  */
 @property (nonatomic, strong) PHImageRequestOptions *options;