diff --git a/src/applications/differential/controller/DifferentialChangesetViewController.php b/src/applications/differential/controller/DifferentialChangesetViewController.php
index c2bd4bf8de..9d02202f9f 100644
--- a/src/applications/differential/controller/DifferentialChangesetViewController.php
+++ b/src/applications/differential/controller/DifferentialChangesetViewController.php
@@ -390,10 +390,20 @@ final class DifferentialChangesetViewController extends DifferentialController {
       return array();
     }
 
+    $change_type = $changeset->getChangeType();
+    if (DifferentialChangeType::isDeleteChangeType($change_type)) {
+      // If this is a lint message on a deleted file, show it on the left
+      // side of the UI because there are no source code lines on the right
+      // side of the UI so inlines don't have anywhere to render. See PHI416.
+      $is_new = 0;
+    } else {
+      $is_new = 1;
+    }
+
     $template = id(new DifferentialInlineComment())
-        ->setChangesetID($changeset->getID())
-        ->setIsNewFile(1)
-        ->setLineLength(0);
+      ->setChangesetID($changeset->getID())
+      ->setIsNewFile($is_new)
+      ->setLineLength(0);
 
     $inlines = array();
     foreach ($messages as $message) {