diff --git a/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFComments.java b/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFComments.java
index 3cf82b680c..49cbb08976 100644
--- a/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFComments.java
+++ b/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFComments.java
@@ -56,8 +56,13 @@ public class XWPFComments extends POIXMLDocumentPart {
      *
      * @param part the package part holding the data of the footnotes,
      */
-    public XWPFComments(PackagePart part) {
-        super(part);
+    public XWPFComments(POIXMLDocumentPart parent, PackagePart part) {
+        super(parent, part);
+        this.document = (XWPFDocument) getParent();
+
+        if (this.document == null) {
+            throw new NullPointerException();
+        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/poi-ooxml/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/TestXWPFComments.java b/poi-ooxml/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/TestXWPFComments.java
index dad5ab877b..cefbab0ef4 100644
--- a/poi-ooxml/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/TestXWPFComments.java
+++ b/poi-ooxml/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/TestXWPFComments.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
 
@@ -59,4 +60,17 @@ class TestXWPFComments {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testReadComments() throws IOException {
+        try (XWPFDocument doc = XWPFTestDataSamples.openSampleDocument("testComment.docx")) {
+            XWPFComments docComments = doc.getDocComments();
+            assertNotNull(docComments);
+            XWPFComment[] comments = doc.getComments();
+            assertEquals(1, comments.length);
+
+            List<XWPFPictureData> allPictures = docComments.getAllPictures();
+            assertEquals(1, allPictures.size());
+        }
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/test-data/document/testComment.docx b/test-data/document/testComment.docx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d27bb7e9b9
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